Purpose of GLIBCTHREADS_FILENAME & GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME in crosstool

[Dan Kegel]

Anthony Wright wrote:
> Can anybody explain what the purpose of these two variables are in the 
> crosstool configuration files?
> 
> As far as I can tell the only effect they have is to cause 
> "linuxthreads" & "crypt" to be added to GLIBC_ADDON_OPTIONS if they are 
> present, and their actual values have no effect.
> 
> GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME is only set for glibc-2.1.3 builds, but glibc-2.1.3 
> does not seem to reference the variable.
> 
> GLIBCTHREADS_FILENAME is set for all non-cygwin builds, but I can't see 
> any reference to it in the glibc's that I've looked at, and in any case 
> it always seems to mirror GLIBC_DIR (if GLIBC_DIR is glibc-V.V.V, 
> GLIBCTHREADS_FILENAME is glibc-linuxthreads-V.V.V)

$ grep GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME *
...
getandpatch.sh:  test x$GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME = x || getUnpackAndPatch     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/$GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/$GLIBCCRYPT_FILENAME.tar.bz2


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