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Re: stdio locking and Hurd
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
- Subject: Re: stdio locking and Hurd
- From: Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 14:21:44 -0400
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com
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> However, Hurd doesn't use linuxthreads, therefore it has no stdio locking at
> all. Is this an oversight, intentional, or to-fix-later?
Hurd uses the old stdio, which doesn't support locking, not libio. It is
on the list to convert to using libio for Hurd, and then the locking will
matter.