Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc errlst.c src/lib/libc/i386/sys cerror.S ptrace.S src/lib/libc/sys Makefile.inc __error.c src/lib/libc_r/sys Makefile.inc uthread_error.c src/lib/libc_r/uthread Makefile.inc ...

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 09:42:24AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     This will allow us to normalize libc and *GREATLY* reduce the complexity
>     of the thread libraries.  e.g. things like 'strtok' won't have to be
>     avoided and won't have to be overridden by the thread library.  The libc
>     version will 'just work'.

I'm not sure if we can make e.g. strtok simply thread safe by using
TLS, but I want to use it to get e.g. the resolver fully thread-safe.
This is also the right time to work on our NSS implementation. Once
that works, we can move rpc, yp and perhaps even the resolver out of
libc.

Joerg