At Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:21:39 +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote: > However, I suspect that this magic is not necessary on amd64 > since the amd64 archive works without it. Do we really need > linuxthreads on amd64? We do not (and will never) support 2.4 kernels > on amd64, so I guess it is not necessary to have linuxthreads. > I recompiled the whole archive without having linuxthreads in the > glibc binary packages and only five packages needed minor changes to > build properly with that setup.
Using 2.4 or 2.6 kernel is user's decision. I guess amd64 2.4 kernel is also used a lot, but I don't know the fact. Note that pthread is used in various places, even users do not notice. If we drop amd64 2.4 kernel + pthread support, I think it's safe to stop libc6 installation if amd64 2.4 kernel is used. libc6.preinst does such kernel version sanity checking. Is it also acceptable for you and users? Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
