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Re: glibc on solaris
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 06:53 -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:43:46AM +0000, Kristian Van Der Vliet wrote:
> > and provide our own simple Pthreads library outside of Glibc. Provided
> > that Glibc never relies directly on NPTL this arrangement should suffice
> > for future versions.
>
> Unfortunately that's an increasingly invalid assumption.
Which is a shame, and I think a rather short-sighted move. It implies
that Linux is the only kernel worth supporting *ever*. I can't speak for
any other port maintainers but certainly for Syllable a move towards a
more Linux-centric Glibc would certainly back our entire project into a
corner.
I also don't see how such a situation could develop while Hurd remains a
GNU project, but I am not an expert on Hurd nor the dynamics of the
various GNU projects. Of course this is mostly speculation on my part,
and I am no expert on the situation.
--
Vanders
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