Re: stdfiles.c

[smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)]

drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper) writes:
> Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > If _IO_MTSAFE_IO isn't defined, and _IO_USE_OLD_IO_FILE isn't either, that
> > looks like it would cause the problem I was seeing.
> 
> Since compiling without the thread package should be impossible I see
> this as a positive side effect.  Allowing libcs without thread support
> will only create confusion.

Then please disable it in some obvious (i.e., with a descriptive error
message) and architectire-dependent (not every glibc port might want to
require threading) way.

Or better still, do it with a big fat warning. There might be legitimate
requirements for a stripped-down libc, e.g. for a boot/rescue floppy. 
(I'm having problems with my own installation setup because glibc keeps
getting bigger...)

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