On Wed, 28 May 2003, Lars Eggert wrote: > The machine (SMP) would sometimes freeze solid (no panic). I symlinked > libc_r back to the original library, and from then on, starting > gnomepanel and some other gnome pieces would fail due to errors about > libthr. I couldn't find them in any log file right now, but I think I > remember one was about getpwuid_r not being found. (The ports that > caused problems were gnome 2.3 beta ports from the marcuscom CVS tree.) > > From what I understand, libthr should be a drop-in replacement for > libc_r, so I was surprised to see this, but maybe I misunderstood?
It's sort of a one-way street with libthr. It will drop in to replace libc_r, but it is more complete. When you built gnome it detected reentrant functions in libthr that are not present in libc_R, so you cannot go backwards (ie, libc_r is NOT a drop-in replacement for libthr). -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
