Bug#475101: obsolete linuxthreads requirement
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:32:44AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 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.
That would seem to imply that it's ok for libraries to not be thread-safe...
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