On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:27:11AM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 03:32:56AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 10:36:53PM +0200, Adam wrote:
> > > 
> > > As far as I can tell, wine indirectly depends on pthreads (via the 
> > > 'glu' package?), which may lead to the endless-loop effect.  Try to 
> > > re-compile wine with
> > > CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-opengl
> > > or update libpthreads from -current.
> > > 
> > > Let me know if it helps :)
> > 
> > What it will do is wreck his operating system install, such that he
> > may end up needing to replace every binary on the system to recover,
> > depending how he follows your advice.  Nice job!  You really should
> > be more careful to restrict your advice-giving to topics about which
> > you actually have knowledge, lest you cause others to lose this way. :-(
> 
> Uhm, why is updating libpthreads so harmful? Isn't it a usual way of
> tracking -current?

Updating libc or libpthread or libi386 or one of the other libraries that
interfaces directly with the kernel without updating the kernel itself is
a _terrific_ way to wreck your machine. :-(

Thor