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Re: [PATCH] Move abilist files into sysdep dirs.
From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:47:21 +0200
> On 04/27/2012 01:19 AM, David Miller wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/data/libutil.abilist
>> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
>> +GLIBC_2.2.5
>> + GLIBC_2.2.5 A
>> + forkpty F
>> + login F
>> + login_tty F
>> + logout F
>> + logwtmp F
>> + openpty F
>
> So far the abilist contained expressions like
> "x86_64-.*-linux.*/thread", so including the usage of nptl. I think we
> had no abilists without nptl but the tools supported it.
>
> I see no more way to generate abilists without thread.
>
> I think it's fine that nptl is required (if my understanding of the
> "thread" keyword in abilists is correct), just wanted to point this
> out so we can think whether it makes a difference.
I recognized this. But if nobody bothered to care for how many years,
I see now need to account for it at the current point in time.
We can certainly handle it later if necessary.