summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn')
-rw-r--r--open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn b/open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn
index 65c8ab68..26b24549 100644
--- a/open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/libpthread_addon.mdwn
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ Currently, it is build like that in Debian since eglibc 2.13-31.
# Issues and notes
-### Compatibility with glibc >= 2.16
-
-[[!message-id "201211161520.32894.toscano.pino@tiscali.it"]]
-
### `bits/` headers not used
Recompiling glibc (e.g. on a Debian system) and running the
@@ -62,6 +58,8 @@ libpthread makes use of the ihash hurd library, as also glibc's
*** $(common-objpfx)libpthread/pt-alloc.o: uses /usr/include/hurd/ihash.h
+Possible alternatives: [[hurd/libihash]].
+
### Executable stack
Running glibc's `check-execstack` test gives in `check-execstack.out`:
@@ -113,8 +111,8 @@ returned e.g. for the `_CS_GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION` value of `confstr`.
About the glibc aio tests, they would all compile and work, except:
- - `tst-aio` -- failing
- - `tst-aio9`, `tst-aio10` -- timing out
+ - `tst-aio` -- fails
+ - `tst-aio9`, `tst-aio10` -- time out
### `bits/posix_opt.h`
@@ -142,3 +140,11 @@ version (and glibc would pick it automatically).
The (few) existing tests are not built (thus neither run) just like other tests
in glibc.
+
+### `gai_misc.h`
+
+A pthread version of `gai_misc.h` must be provided by libpthread (just like
+NPTL provides one), either in `sysdeps/mach/hurd` or `sysdeps/pthread`
+(better, see above).
+
+Currently, it is provided in glibc itself in Debian.