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  • From: Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>
  • To: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • Cc: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Users] nptl glibc spell
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:21:08 -0500

What exactly is the benefit of using the nptl-enabled glibc? Do my apps
need a recompile? When I get back to campus I'll definitely check it
out.

Jeremy

On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 23:19, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>:
> > I personally have been far too busy to risk letting my computer get into
> > a
> > problem state, so I have been staying away from the experimental stuff.
>
> It's been working great here, and Hamish reports no problems, so I'd
> encourage
> everyone using 2.6 (hey, if you're using the experimental 2.6 anyways,
> you're
> not chicken to screw up your system ;)) to try the new glibc with NPTL
> support.
> I haven't noticed any difference (and I've recompiled most of my packages
> against the new glibc after compiling the new glibc and rebooting), but all
> I've been doing on this machine lately is e-mail, Perforce commits, and
> IM's.
>
> I think I'll be trying some of my games in Wine and some of my higher-end
> Linux
> games (such as eClient, fgfs, etc.).
>
> -sandalle





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