Re: [gentoo-dev] Crossdev / glib news item

["Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@gentoo.org>]

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On 05/15/2011 09:24 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
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> If you are cross-compiling to a 32-bit architecture such as ARM, or if 
> you are using a 32-bit architecture and have sys-devel/crossdev installed,
> please be warned that - unless you follow the advice below - your system
> may become seriously broken.
> 
> We have recently fixed bug 367351 in sys-devel/crossdev, where the size of 
> the pthread_mutex_t type was hardwired incorrectly into configure scripts.
> Unfortunately, if the size was incorrect before, switching to the correct
> value changes the ABI of libgthread. All binaries linked against the previous
> glib may thus simply crash. 
> 
> You will have to ensure the ABI stability before upgrading crossdev.
> Information on how to fix this is available at the following URL:
>   http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2011/05/15/
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> Opinions?
> 

Please post the full news item with headers. For example the filter
headers are quite central.

Regards,
Petteri


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