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Date:      Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:19:52 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Threads in the base system
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.1001205221719.29725A@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001205220943.95872B-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Robert Watson wrote:
> Recently, pppctl was made thread-enabled, meaning that it relies on
> libc_r.  This makes the NOLIBC_R cannot be used with buildworld anymore.
> Given that making pppctl depend on !NOLIBC_R may not be all that helpful,
> it looks like we may need to lose NOLIBC_R.  Presumably over time, threads
> in default system applications will only become more popular.  Any
> thoughts (especially in light of upcoming KSE changes, which will make
> threading integral to the system architecture)?

OK, lose NOLIBC_R -- not that I'm biased or anything ;-)

-- 
Dan Eischen



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