> It does break stuff. The nvidia driver for example -- it loads
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnvidia-tls.so.319.23 instead of
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.319.23, and the non-tls library
> writes to %gs and segfaults when starting X, making the system very much
> unusable.

Ah, I wasn't aware that there was any difference but efficiency.
Thanks for spotting that!

It kind of calls into question the entire /etc/ld.so.nohwcap mechanism
for temporarily disabling access to the optimized libraries on upgrade.


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