Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:23:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Libthr stable enough for testing Message-ID: <20030529112140.J70180@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <3ED59893.5010301@isi.edu> References: <20030526225111.HVVN25800.out006.verizon.net@kokeb.ambesa.net> <3ED59893.5010301@isi.edu>
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On Wed, 28 May 2003, Lars Eggert wrote: > The machine (SMP) would sometimes freeze solid (no panic). I symlinked > libc_r back to the original library, and from then on, starting > gnomepanel and some other gnome pieces would fail due to errors about > libthr. I couldn't find them in any log file right now, but I think I > remember one was about getpwuid_r not being found. (The ports that > caused problems were gnome 2.3 beta ports from the marcuscom CVS tree.) > > From what I understand, libthr should be a drop-in replacement for > libc_r, so I was surprised to see this, but maybe I misunderstood? It's sort of a one-way street with libthr. It will drop in to replace libc_r, but it is more complete. When you built gnome it detected reentrant functions in libthr that are not present in libc_R, so you cannot go backwards (ie, libc_r is NOT a drop-in replacement for libthr). -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
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