Re: glibc patch for TLS?

[Michael Long <nikarul@gmail.com>]

On 4/26/05, Nils Toedtmann <xen-devel@nils.toedtmann.net> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 25.04.2005, 21:57 +0100 schrieb Ian Pratt:
> >
> > > Nope, that's what I forgot.  I recompiled the patched glibc
> > > with that flag and everything seems to be working fine.  I
> > > can post the ebuild if people are interested.  It's pretty
> > > straightforward, just adding the patch and making for the
> > > CFLAGS get set properly.
> > >
> > > I'm now compiling all my packages with
> > > -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs.  Is this necessary/recommended?  I
> > > know some ebuild strip out CFLAGS it's unsure of, so if it's
> > > necessary other packages may need to be modified.
> 
> Now it's really cool to run a source distro like gentoo. I wonder if you
> can bootstrap it with that CFLAGS?

I don't see why not.  I was able to build the base system packages
(using 'emerge system') on my build system without any apparent
problems.  Glibc strips out unknown CFLAGS though, so you have to have
a modified ebuild that makes sure it uses it (bootstrapping or not).

  -Michael