Re: Shared library
Bob> Section 11.2 of Debian Policy says: You must specify the gcc
Bob> option `-D_REENTRANT' when building a library (either static or
Bob> shared) to make the library compatible with LinuxThreads.
Bob> Is this obsolete? I can't find `-D_REENTRANT' in the gcc
Bob> documentation.
Because it is just a special case of the -D"var=val" option.
Bob> I assume that all Debian packages should be compatible with
Bob> LinuxThreads, or is this necessary only for code that
Bob> specifically uses threads?
We cannot predict what code the library will be linked with, so we
must assume it will be linked with threaded code.
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