[parisc-linux] glibc 2.5 & TLS linuxthreads (+ NPTL status)

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 2/5/07, Guy Martin <gmsoft at gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Also what is the current status of NPTL on HPPA. Last time I tried it
> > was building but they were some failures in the testsuite. I am
> > currently building a test version here. Is it something stable enough
> > that it can be used "in production"? I have seen Gentoo has made the
> > switch...
>
> Nope, not yet, our test with glibc-2.5 resulted in segfault with all threaded stuff.
> I hope you'll have more success :)

1. Retrieve glibc head.
2. Apply http://www.parisc-linux.org/~carlos/libc-head-2007-02-05.diff
3. Build.
4. Run testsuite.

The NPTL support for hppa-linux is still alpha quality. The testsuite
failures need examining and debugging.

Cheers,
Carlos.