Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: x86_64 optimization patches for glibc.

[Simon Strandman <simon.strandman@telia.com>]

Duncan skrev:

>Simon Strandman posted <42E55ADB.8030201@telia.com>, excerpted below,  on
>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:34:19 +0200:
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>>Done! Bug #100289
>>http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100289
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>>Tell me if I need to provide any more information.
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>For those following the thread here, but not keeping up with the bug,
>testing reveals that at least one app, nano, crashes (when searching),
>with the patches applied to glibc, until nano is remerged against the new
>glibc. Yes, that means that the issue goes away with a remerge, but there
>could be other apps similarly affected.
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But changes to glibc usually breaks stuff and requires recompiling. 
Remember what happened when glibc 2.3.4.20041102 was marked stable? A 
lot of people got crashes and problems and needed to recompile or even 
reinstall. The switch to NPTL only in glibc 2.4 will cause this kind of 
problems too. So perhaps these patches could be added to the glibc 2.4 
snapshots (2.3.5.20050421 and 2.3.5.20050722) and 2.4 when it's released 
(if they are still relevant by then) because people will have to 
recompile then anyway. But a USE-flag is a good idea if they are added 
to a stable version!

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Simon Strandman <simon.strandman@telia.com>

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