Subject: Re: thread change and binary compatibility
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/26/2007 16:27:47
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Hello,

On Feb 26, 2007, at 16:20, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> I tried running a 25 Feb kernel with a month-old userland.  Named died
> in the thread library.  Is this a known breakage of binary
> compatibility?

Yes, you need a new libpthread ( and probably libc ) - with that in 
place old binaries should Just Work again.

have fun
Michael
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