From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 13 09:20:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-threads@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D882816A400 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF94213C4A6 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6D9K7mK034259 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6D9K7mk034258; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 GMT Message-Id: <200707130920.l6D9K7mk034258@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.org From: "Andrey Sverdlichenko" Cc: Subject: Re: threads/83914: [libc] popen() doesn't work in static threaded programs. X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrey Sverdlichenko List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:20:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR threads/83914; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Andrey Sverdlichenko" To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: Subject: Re: threads/83914: [libc] popen() doesn't work in static threaded programs. Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:10:54 +0400 It's linking issue. In dynamically linked executable vfork() mapped to threaded library by weak_reference. In statically linked binary popen() calls vfork() from libc.a, but later calls _execve() from libpthread.a since it's not weak symbol.