HEADS UP: libkse -> libpthread switch

Scott Long scottl at freebsd.org
Fri Jan 30 08:03:16 PST 2004


Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 07:34:02AM -0500, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> 
>>      Until
>>	the ports system is updated to handle this change, it is
>>	recommended that folks install an /etc/libmap.conf(5) that
>>	maps libc_r to libpthread.  
> 
> 
> Why, exactly? (curious)
> 
> IMHO it is unacceptable to require /etc/libmap.conf to exist.  I know
> this is temporary, but I hope it is *really* temporary.
> 
> Cheers,

We certainly are not going to ship 5.3 like this.  However, given that
HEAD is a development branch and that change does not happen
instantly, I think that this fine for now.

Scott



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