Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? I have tried to find modern references to what -D_REENTRANT actually does, but haven't found any concrete examples of what breaks if you don't use it. I have now disabled it in gnutls. Some potentially relevant discussions in: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/2495 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/12892 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/12876 /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
