From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:21:39 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Remove obsolete -D_REENTRANT requirement, ask for thread support
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ced53079bb44bb9ff553836cd0d2f76ab3084241;p=debian%2Fdebian-policy.git

Remove obsolete -D_REENTRANT requirement, ask for thread support

Remove the obsolete requirement that libraries be built with
-D_REENTRANT, as this no longer does anything significant in current
versions of glibc.  Instead, state directly that libraries should be
built with threading support and to be thread-safe if this is
supported.
---

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index bad28af..1ffe148 100644
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -7225,10 +7225,10 @@ INSTALL = install -s # (or use strip on the files in debian/tmp)
           for C files) will need to be compiled twice, for the normal
           case. 
         </p>
+
 	<p>
-	  You must specify the gcc option <tt>-D_REENTRANT</tt>
-	  when building a library (either static or shared) to make
-	  the library compatible with LinuxThreads.
+	  Libraries should be built with threading support and to be
+	  thread-safe if the library supports this.
 	</p>
 
         <p>