I discovered with some surprise that the 2.6 kernel does not come with an archive version of the NPTL pthreads library (ie., no libpthread.a). So, while dynamically linked applications will link against NPTL by default, building a statically linked application will not only link to LinuxThreads by default... that's your only option!
Does anyone know if this is an intentional decision on the part of the glibc/nptl crew to refuse to support static linking of the pthreads library (perhaps due to ongoing development)? If it is a debian decision, apparently we're in good company. Some research turned up the fact that only the Gentoo distribution comes with a static version of NPTL. I considered getting my own glibc source, and compiling it to obtain the archive I desire, but on looking through the glibc documentation, and having only a sketchy grasp of the way that glibc is tied to the kernel itself, I decided against that course of action. -bluejack -:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
