Bug#279423: libc6-dev: totally incoherent pthread related includes files for dynamic linking

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:53:31PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
> GOTO Masanori wrote:
> 
> >Yes, I think you're correct.  I didn't deny your opinion.  So I tagged
> >it as wishlist for working future glibc package after sarge. 
> 
> Whishlist for me means : not a bug. I think if/whenever a NPTL 
> implementation has a pthread related structure size differerent than a 
> linuxthread structure size (or define or enum ), you will have a big 
> problem. Did you even check if it is not already the case NOW?

They are binary compatible, in the set of things exported by both, if
that's what you're asking.  Otherwise providing both at runtime would
not work.

> I will check if I find a posix thread testing suite as anyway I need to 
> run it to insure the currents status is not indeed already broken + I 
> need to test my own generated nptl-static-enabled-cvs-libc.

I recommend the Open POSIX testsuite.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz