why is getandpatch.sh *forcing* selection of linuxthreads?

[Yann E. MORIN]

Robert,

On Sunday 06 May 2007 19:53, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   can someone else verify that this snippet from getandpatch.sh just
> doesn't seem right?
[--SNIP--]
>   # And one is derived if not set explicitly.
>   test -z "${GLIBCTHREADS_FILENAME}" &&
>   GLIBCTHREADS_FILENAME=`echo $GLIBC_DIR | sed 's/glibc-/glibc-linuxthreads-/'`

I'd say, toss it.

In fact, it is wrong to set it implictly, because it has to be set explicitly
by the user. I guess this is a residue of some previous version when it was not
explictly available to the user. Definitely, you'll want to remove that.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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