Bug#475101: obsolete linuxthreads requirement
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:28:03AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 08:22:10PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> >> Package: debian-policy
> >> Version: 3.7.3.0
> >> Severity: normal
> >>
> >> You must specify the gcc option `-D_REENTRANT' when building a library
> >> (either static or shared) to make the library compatible with
> >> LinuxThreads.
> >>
> >> AFAIK we don't use linuxthreads anymore, and I checked a few libraries and
> >> failed to find them using such a flag.
> >
> > I think hppa still uses it.
> >
> > The -D_REENTRANT might also be used in other libraries that can be
> > compiled to support threads or not. But those might also be using some
> > other options. I think we should just say that all libraries should
> > get build with thread support if they support it.
>
> Do you have any references to the hppa case (in particular, does it
> affect glibc/debian on hppa?), and which these libraries are?
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2008/03/msg00367.html
says:
> - All Linux platforms except hppa have switched to NPTL. 2.4 kernels
> are not supported anymore.
Kurt
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