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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Crossdev / glib news item
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:49:31
Message-Id: 4DD2A6C5.3070502@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Crossdev / glib news item by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 On 05/15/2011 09:24 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
2 >
3 > --------------
4 > If you are cross-compiling to a 32-bit architecture such as ARM, or if
5 > you are using a 32-bit architecture and have sys-devel/crossdev installed,
6 > please be warned that - unless you follow the advice below - your system
7 > may become seriously broken.
8 >
9 > We have recently fixed bug 367351 in sys-devel/crossdev, where the size of
10 > the pthread_mutex_t type was hardwired incorrectly into configure scripts.
11 > Unfortunately, if the size was incorrect before, switching to the correct
12 > value changes the ABI of libgthread. All binaries linked against the previous
13 > glib may thus simply crash.
14 >
15 > You will have to ensure the ABI stability before upgrading crossdev.
16 > Information on how to fix this is available at the following URL:
17 > http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2011/05/15/
18 > ---------------
19 >
20 > Opinions?
21 >
22
23 Please post the full news item with headers. For example the filter
24 headers are quite central.
25
26 Regards,
27 Petteri

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