libc6: NPTL or linuxthreads
Dear all,
I noticed incoherent results between /lib/libc.so.6 and getconf. libc6
suggests that I am using Linuxthreads while getconf suggests that I am
using NPTL. Which one is the correct answer?
Thank you,
Frédérique Silber-Chaussumier.
Please find more information about Debian version here:
$ /lib/libc.so.6
linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
$ getconf GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION
NPTL 2.3.6
$ dpkg -S /lib/libc-2.3.6.so
libc6: /lib/libc-2.3.6.so
$ dpkg -S getconf
manpages-posix: /usr/share/man/man1/getconf.1posix.gz
libc6: /usr/share/man/man1/getconf.1.gz
libc6: /usr/bin/getconf
$ apt-cache show libc6
Package: libc6
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 11036
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: glibc
Version: 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5
Replaces: ldso (<= 1.9.11-9), timezone, timezones, gconv-modules,
libtricks, libc6-bin, netkit-rpc, netbase (<< 4.0)
Provides: glibc-2.3.6.ds1-1, glibc-2.3.6-2
Depends: tzdata
Suggests: locales, glibc-doc
Conflicts: strace (<< 4.0-0), libnss-db (<= 2.2-6.1.1), timezone,
timezones, gconv-modules, libtricks, libc6-doc, libc5 (<< 5.4.33-7),
libpthread0 (<< 0.7-10), libc6-bin, libwcsmbs, apt (<< 0.3.0),
libglib1.2 (<< 1.2.1-2), netkit-rpc, wine (<< 0.0.20031118-1),
cyrus-imapd (<< 1.5.19-15), e2fsprogs (<< 1.35-7), initrd-tools (<<
0.1.84.1), libterm-readline-gnu-perl (<< 1.15-2)
Filename: pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.3.6.ds1-13etch5_i386.deb
Size: 4702820
MD5sum: 93a3103874c37fbe895f1f1d13befe22
SHA1: e1037d6586f8fc555b6e9d266a41686061c18864
SHA256: 569ccb57467f964545fcc273a6892f92b1dc63dbf54b4da5fccd3f4b6b0d4678
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
and the standard math library, as well as many others.
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, protocol::ipv6,
role::shared-lib, suite::gnu
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Frédérique Silber-Chaussumier Tél: +33(0)160764565
Institut TELECOM, SudParis (ex GET/INT)
Computer Science Department, 9 rue C. Fourier 91011 Évry, France
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