When will LD_ASSUME_KERNEL var be phased out?

[Bob Arendt]

Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 02:50:53PM -0700, Bob Arendt wrote:
> 
>>I'm under the impression that RedHat implemented the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
>>environment variable as a clever hack to ease the introduction of the
>>NPTL-enabled kernel and libs with RedHat 9.
>>
>>On the other hand, some development shops I'm working with are
>>(naively?) assuming that LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is a permanent feature that
>>will allow them to run "properly".
>>
>>The questions:
>>  - How long will two threading systems be supported via LD_ASSUME_KERNEL?
>>
>>  - Will FC3 (and RHEL4?) also support regression via LD_ASSUME_KERNEL?
> 
> 
> LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is going to stay, it is a dynamic linker mechanism of
> selecting libraries based on their requirements.
> For details see http://people.redhat.com/drepper/assumekernel.html
> 
> FC3 and RHEL4 are most probably going to support both threading systems
> like FC2/RHEL3, whether LinuxThreads will be nuked immediately after that or
> somewhat later is undecided yet.  At least the exact kernel version numbers
> might change even for FC3/RHEL4 though, if e.g. NPTL libs require
> say 2.6.7+ kernels instead of 2.4.20+.
> 
> 	Jakub

Thanks!  Great link and just the info I needed.   -Bob