[Bug nptl/21016] pthread_cond support is broken on hppa

carlos at redhat dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Tue Mar 14 00:02:00 GMT 2017


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21016

--- Comment #8 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Richard Henderson from comment #7)
> (In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #6)
> > * Should we stop supporting compat with old style static linuxthreads
> > initializers?
> 
> I don't see any compelling reason to do so.
> 
> I think it would be preferable to minimize the amount of code
> specific to hppa.  That, in the long run, is more helpful for
> keeping minor platforms running.
> 
> As David has said, LinuxThreads has been gone for at least a decade.
> I don't find it credible that there are binaries in any distribution
> that haven't been recompiled since then.

Given that Dave has already weighed in on the topic by posting a patch to kill
the compat code I'll install that on Thursday unless someone beats me to it.

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