-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 June 2003 06:49, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 09:44:24AM -0400, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
On 27 Jun 2003 08:11:41 -0500
Paul Varner
wrote: What I was able to determine is that the pthread library that Winex wants to use from the glibc is the NPTL (Native Posix Thread Library) that is currently being developed at Redhat.
So Redhat is not using kernel threads after all. You can get NPTL here:
http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl/
So my take isn't that the glibc in SuSE is somewhat broken, it is that the glibc in Redhat is somewhat experimental and possibly buggy and instable.
OK, so they want you to use a non-standard library then turn around and call your distro broken if it doesn't use it- this make no sense.
Not exactly.
WINE does not use a thread library usually, it implements its own threading and supplies some pthread functionality.
Up to some months ago it was using a hidden feature of glibc, which was removed by glibc 2.3. It was fixed in newer WINEs.
WineX has similar problems and they probably need to be fixed there too.
Ciao, Marcus
Once again the SuSE list ROX as usual. The help in addressing issues is top rate, in clarifying developments and directions - top rate, and access to the devs is in the same category (shameless fanboy statements). I thought I was going a bit nuts. Since I have been trying to keep abreast of the developments in the kernel and my knowledge had come into question regarding the future direction of the kernel development. Though I do understand that this issue is in a state of flux, which for a developer can present a host of decisions and problems. I merely want to bring to the forefront the issues I'm have in regards to information afforded to the patrons rather than critiique the decisions and methods made by the WineX development team. When I posted in the forum a statement named "Reality Check" I did so due to the fact that previous posts either went unanswered or the repeated statement that SuSE was being unorthodox - which I found odd in light of RH's propensities in this vain. I have by the way updated my glibc package from 2.3.2-5 to x.x.x-9 and still I'm having issues with morrowind - the game their press release said is now working and functional. I realize that paying $5 a month may seem poultry to some, but the fact remains that many use SuSE and are paying for their product. I light of this I took exception to their repeated statements about SuSE being unorthodox and using "somewhat broken" codes. Thanks all for the help and info. And to Mr. Meissner - great work and thanks, I have enjoyed the work you've done greatly. Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+/JH2iqnGhdjCOJsRApovAJ0TVD6G2NGcteiHhPl/XoFwH2ww9ACeIUf9 y8VIw7HvAH90LhOXOitBX/I= =5dcz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----