Re: How to detect NPTL at compile time

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> If you build a binary on RHL9 it'll be
> default link with LinuxThreads and at runtime it'll use by default NPTL.
>  You can force using NPTL at link time as well by adding -L/usr/lib/nptl
> to your link line.

There is no /usr/lib/nptl on our Red Hat Linux 9 systems.

> When you do this there is no further need to find it
> out, you better know it beforehand.

I know.  Our makefile can parse /etc/redhat-release and
define a macro to disable our LinuxThreads workarounds
if it's Red Hat Linux release 9 or higher.  I was hoping
to find a solution that would work on non-Red Hat Linux
distributions.

Wan-Teh