Re: PATCH: Re: Do we really want to use i586 code for i686?

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 04:47:10PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > The problem with it is it may imply things libc clearly doesn't want. I
> > don't believe Implies from addons should affect libc at all. 
> 
> We are not talking about a force of nature here.  People writing add-ons
> know (or should know) what their code means and only write what they
> intend.  Again, you make no attempt to actually argue for your position.
> No matter how much you believe it, the fact that you believe it is not
> something that convinces me of its desireability.

You seem to ignore my bug report:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2001-11/msg00052.html

My point is no addon should change libc. Pthread seems to be a special
case. But it should be treated as such.


H.J.