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Re: pthread_cond_* does not compile on i386


On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@systemhalted.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:48 AM, Gilles Carry <Gilles.Carry@bull.net> wrote:
>  >  By the way, is there any official way or document that explains how to
>  > build glibc? ... just to be sure I'm not missing something.
>
>  The standard configure, make, make -k check is good enough to build
>  the library. However, make install has to be used with care, and it
>  does involve pivoting a root, and rebooting to actually fully use the
>  new glibc.

Hrm, I have three methods for testing a glibc build documented.  I
should probably push that document to the wiki.

1.) install into a chroot, test, copy over system library.
2.) invoke new loader to invoke new libc.
3.) build and install a self contained toolchain.

Ryan S. Arnold


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