TLS support (Re: linux-2.4 deprecated)
Steve Langasek writes:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:06:21PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>
> > A few weeks ago, the 2.4 kernels have been declared "deprecated" [1]. I
> > would like to know what does this exactly mean:
> > - That users are advised not to use them?
> > - That we could drop support for them in other packages?
> > - That they will be removed from the archive soon?
>
> It means 1), and should mean 3) as well. In general, it does *not* imply 2)
> -- we need to be assured of having a clean upgrade path from sarge to etch,
> and since sarge shipped with a 2.4 kernel by default, this means that etch
> packages should at least be functional enough on 2.4 to allow a full upgrade
> and subsequent reboot to a new kernel. (That includes not breaking the
> system if the upgrade is interrupted and the system is rebooted again to a
> 2.4 kernel before the upgrade completes.)
In light of #361024, what are our options?
- configure gcc with --disable-tls (on which architectures would that
be (not) needed?)
- build a libstdc++6 with a gcc, configured with --disable-tls and ship
two versions? Would that help the upgrade issue?
Sheplyakov Alexei writes:
> Current glibc does not support TLS under 2.4 kernels (see #226716), so
> this is probalby glibc bug (some people call it feature).
- provide TLS support for 2.4 kernels and an upgrade path?
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