l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> skribis:
>
>>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
>>> index a7156bf..dd33a26 100644
>>> --- a/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
>>> +++ b/gnu/packages/gcc.scm
>>> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ where the OS part is overloaded to denote a specific
>>> ABI---into GCC
>>> ;; below, make sure to update the relevant code in
>>> ;; %gcc-static package as needed.
>>> (format #f "#define GNU_USER_TARGET_LIB_SPEC \
>>> -\"-L~a/lib %{!static:-rpath=~a/lib %{!static-libgcc:-rpath=~a/lib64
>>> -rpath=~a/lib -lgcc_s}} \" ~a"
>>> +\"-L~a/lib %{!static:-rpath=~a/lib %{!static-libgcc:-rpath=~a/lib64
>>> -rpath=~a/lib %{pthread: -lgcc_s}}} \" ~a"
>>> libc libc libdir libdir suffix))
>>> (("#define GNU_USER_TARGET_STARTFILE_SPEC.*$" line)
>>> (format #f "#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
>>> \"~a/lib\"
>>>
>>> I believe this is enough to address what the comment mentions (glibc
>>> dlopening libgcc_s for pthread functions), but this will need testing.
>
> I see you applied this patch. However, after grepping through libc, I
> found there are other cases where libgcc_s is dlopened, including to
> walk the stack, which has nothing to do with pthread.
>
> So I think the status quo is safer.
>
> WDYT?
Okay, sounds good to me. I also discovered that tcl doesn't pass
-pthread on GNU/Linux by default, but only -lpthread.
I've reverted the patch above and will soon post another patch which
implements my original workaround and worked well in practice.
Thanks,
Mark
