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From:	Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com>
To:	Collins Richey <crichey@×××××.com>
Cc:	Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc question re bug #67166 et al
Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2004 03:30:46
Message-Id:	`41733706.8010700@skylineaero.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] glibc question re bug #67166 et al by Collins Richey

1	Collins Richey wrote:
2	> I've encountered one of the many flavors of this bug (arts-1.3.1 fails
3	> to compile). The recommended action in the bugzilla is to recompile
4	> glibc with USE="nptlonly." Is this a safe practice for nptl users, or
5	> will this break something else because the linuxthreads code is
6	> omitted?
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8	I believe that USE="nptlonly" will revert to the old NPTL behavior (only NPTL
9	glibc built) instead of the new behavior (NPTL and non-NPTL glibc built when
10	USE="nptl"). So, if NPTL glibc worked for you previously, USE="nptlonly" should
11	be "safe" for you.
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