Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:21:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Obsoleting libc_r: How to create compat links Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10306270719120.17094-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20030627085158.GA42350@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 11:05:50AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Funny thing: reading your commit mail, and right after that > > receiving this message. :-) > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:56:07AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > [Ruslan added for his insights] > > > > > > Ok, > > > > > > I decided to obsolete libc_r on ia64 so that I can de-pessimize the > > > setjmp/longjmp code some time before 5.2 and have sufficient time to > > > deal with problems due to not having libc_r. > > > > > > One thing we probably want to do is create compatibility links from > > > libc_r* to libthr* or libkse*. At this time I libthr is tested on > > > ia64, so I opt to have libc_r linked to libthr. What's the best way > > > to do that, so that it can be used for other platforms in due time? > > > > > First off, symlinking won't help old binaries that were linked > > dynamically with libc_r.so.X, but you're supposed to well know > > that already. :-) > > Correct. I'm not worried about compatibility with previous releases > and the likes, because ia64 is still tier 2. I want "cc -pthread" > to work. -pthread is obsoleted in -current. I'm surprised that it hasn't been nuked yet. There hasn't been a need for it in well over 2 years. Just use -lpthread (-lkse) or -lthr. -- Dan Eischen
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