fix for libpthread

[Robert Blacquiere]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 02:46:57AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * David Xu <davidxu at freebsd.org> [040303 00:09] wrote:
> > Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > 
> > >This assertion doesn't seem necessary.  Apply to 
> > >src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_spinlock.c
> > >
> > As I saw some reports in the -CURRENT list,  the panic is always 
> > triggered by mix up
> > of libc_r and libpthread in same program. So to avoid other mysterious 
> > crashes,
> > I'd like keep the code there, it is now used to check the problem.
> 
> Can you clarify?  Without this patch mplayer refuses to work for
> me and crashes at startup.  With the patch it runs just fine.

I think what David wants is to locate misbehaved programs like mplayer.
And then try to find a way to fix these programs instead of patching a
good system, or we'll end up with a system like a known large producer 
of PC software and PC OS. I refuse to call it's name...

> 
> Is there a workaround?
I'd think something like pkg_delete -x mplayer? 
Maybe there is already a patch available for mplayer?

Robert

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