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   * Test patches: in progress, [[jkoenig]], Svante.  More volunteers welcome,
     of course.
 
+    > Current status: there's an issue with gdb,
+    > namely signals lose their "untracedness" when they go
+    > through the global sigstate's pending mask,
+    > so gdb spins intercepting a signal and trying to deliver it.
+    > My current
+    > [patch](http://github.com/jeremie-koenig/glibc/commit/3ecb990e9d08d5f75adc40b738b35a1802cc0943)
+    > makes the system unstable.
+    > --[[jkoenig]] 2011-06-22
+
   * If [[jkoenig]] thinks it's mature enough: should ask
     [[Samuel|samuelthibault]] to test these patches on the buildds.
 
+    > There's a risk that a dependency on my patched libc
+    > might be pulled in while building packages
+    > (in particular hurd)
+    > --[[jkoenig]] 2011-06-22
+
   * Get patches reviewed (Roland?), and integrated into official sources: [!]
     [[tschwinge]].