[GLLUG] Re: Simple NPTL Question

[Chick Tower]

I thought Gentoo's Portage system took care of dependencies, like apt 
does.  Is this not true?  (I'm not a Gentoo user, and it may be this is 
not a problem with dependencies.)

                                Chick

Patrick Hawkins wrote:
> A program I'm compiling (Gentoo) requires NPTL support. I've switched
> NPTL on in the options, but it still won't compile. Does NPTL require
> a kernel module, then a recompile of glibc, before I can compile my
> program? Please let me know if I'm missing anything here. I don't want
> to go through the hassle of a new kernel if I can avoid it.
> 
> -Patrick