Re: 4.0 chroots, threading, and builds

[Andrew Doran <ad%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:25:25AM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:58:46PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > 
> > > > - Problems identified years ago do not seem to have been fixed.
> > > 
> > > We have been living with them for years, I can't see why it would now
> > > be a showstopper.
> > 
> > We are not living with them any more, because a massive engineering effort
> > was made to fix them. They're fixed with the new threading model in 5.0.
> 
> Sure, but we're talking about pre-5.0 binairies, that use the old
> threading model.

Those binaries will continue to work with a 5.0 kernel and libraries.
Please stop propogating disinformation.

> So it's not a 4.x userland anymore, it won't work with a 4.x kernel.
> Unacceptable for me.

If a one line addition to /etc/ld.so.conf is acceptable for you, then it
fits your use case nicely (regularly swapping back and forth between 4.0 and
5.0 kernels).

Andrew