Subject: Re: thread change and binary compatibility
To: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/26/2007 13:49:30
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:34:18PM -0500, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:27:47 -0500
> Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> > Yes, you need a new libpthread ( and probably libc ) - with that in
> > place old binaries should Just Work again.
> >=20
> Right; I did a full userland upgrade and all was well.  But this is a
> much bigger mismatch incompatibility than we usually see.

Yes, this is probably the biggest incompat issue we will have. Ever. :-|

A new libpthread and all is well.

Take care,

Bill

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