Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 08:32:08PM -0800, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
>> IIRC, cc -pthread == cc -D_REENTRANT -lpthread >> Why does Debian require _REENTRANT? > It's just required for library comipilation, presumably so that threaded > applications don't break just because a conforming but not thread safe > implementation of some library funtion was used, effectively making the > library thread unsafe. I'd love it if someone could investigate just what this means with a modern glibc (i.e., not LinuxThreads) and whether it's still actually necessary. At the least, there should really be a footnote in Policy explaining why this is needed or pointing to some document about it. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
