NTPL?

phrakture · 2004-09-27 22:43:41

Dumb question time:

I noticed alot of fuss about NTPL compiled packages here and there.... can anyone tell me what's going on? NTPL is just a threading library, correct? Hasn't this been out for some time now?

I'm so confused....

sweiss · 2005-05-15 05:25:02

I know this thread is old, but does Arch support NTPL?

slapo · 2005-05-15 08:53:47

And if it doesn't, is there an Arch optimized patch available (or at least any other someone used successfully)?

Gullible Jones · 2005-05-15 11:24:40

Arch uses NPTL by default. If you use the 2.4 kernel, it uses the old threading library, because NPTL is not compatible with pre-2.6 kernels.

jerem · 2005-05-15 18:30:56

It's NPTL, not NTPL.

It means "Native POSIX thread library".

Guess you made a typo.

jery_wang2002 · 2005-05-18 05:02:38

Gullible Jones wrote:

Arch uses NPTL by default. If you use the 2.4 kernel, it uses the old threading library, because NPTL is not compatible with pre-2.6 kernels.

But I saw this in testing:

Testing base glibc 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library with NPTL and linuxthreads 2005-04-29

Does this mean NPTL only available if I download/install this testing package? Or it has already been included in current?

jery_wang2002 · 2005-05-18 05:03:45

jery_wang2002 wrote:

Gullible Jones wrote:
Arch uses NPTL by default. If you use the 2.4 kernel, it uses the old threading library, because NPTL is not compatible with pre-2.6 kernels.
But I saw this in testing:
Testing base glibc 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library with NPTL and linuxthreads 2005-04-29
Does this mean NPTL only available if I download/install this testing package? Or it has already been included in current?

Sorry, I answer my own question. NPTL has been included in 0.7:

============================
CHANGELOG
============================

0.7 -- Moved stock 2.6 kernels to the -as patchset
-- Added wireless utilities to the installer
-- Added udev support
-- Added wireless support to initscripts
-- Added NPTL support to glibc
-- Moved from Xfree86 to Xorg
.......

k-dub · 2005-06-23 20:56:34

OK, so the NPTL version of libc is

/lib/tls/libc.so.6

, right? I'm curious if this is the default then. If so, why aren't packages like Mono taking advantage of it? Mono can't build the debugger without it.

fragilek · 2005-07-03 11:26:43

I remember some time ago a NPTL repository was started. I guess this merged with current.

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#1 2004-09-27 22:43:41

NTPL?

#2 2005-05-15 05:25:02

Re: NTPL?

#3 2005-05-15 08:53:47

Re: NTPL?

#4 2005-05-15 11:24:40

Re: NTPL?

#5 2005-05-15 18:30:56

Re: NTPL?

#6 2005-05-18 05:02:38

Re: NTPL?

#7 2005-05-18 05:03:45

Re: NTPL?

#8 2005-06-23 20:56:34

Re: NTPL?

#9 2005-07-03 11:26:43

Re: NTPL?

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