HowTo deal with linuxthread libraries

[John Reiser]

Helmut <vdr@helmutauer.de> wrote:
> unfortunately vdr is an application with lots of plugins which needs
> to be updated from time to time, so I need a second machine with 2.5.4
> for compiling those.

Use a different "spec file" for gcc.  Start with "gcc -v" to find out
which spec file it is using by default.  Then read "info gcc" and search
for "spec file" to learn about what the command line option "-specs="
can control.  This is arcane, tedious, cumbersome, frustrating, and
prone to error.  The bugs will be non-obvious.  If your time is worth
anything, then it will be less expensive to spend a couple hundred euros
for a second-hand machine that remains configured with the last known
working environment, for as long as vdr must be supported.

> Is there any way to turn that binary .so library into a static one
> with all its needed functions from glibc included ? 

That is such a bad idea that even those who know how to do it
will not tell you.

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