Re: NGPT 2.0.3 Release

Hello list!

There are some severe problems with the NGPT 2.0.3 release:

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:20:10PM -0400, Bill Abt wrote:
> NGPT Release 2.0.3 is a maintenance release of the "Next Generation" of
> Linux pthreads support.
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/pthreads/download/stable/source/ngpt-2.0.3.tar.gz
has only 5 kb size and contains only the GDB patch.

> ... In
> addition it is necessary for
> you to apply the new patch-futex-2.4.19 patch, included in this release.
There is no patch for Linux 2.4.19 and NGPT 2.0.3. I find only:
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/pthreads/download/stable/kernel/patch-futex-2.4.18-2.0.3-2.gz
and it contains again the unrelated SCSI driver patch.
And BTW, the included futex.c file even has the "!" problem not corrected.

> If you are running with a 2.5.x experimental kernel, it's best that run
> with 2.5.38 or higher since
> it will already have the required changes for NGPT.
In this kernel, the "!" problem is corrected. Good!

Please upload some new files. The NGPT 2.0.3 announcement is already on
freshmeat for some time and I'm sure some potential new users are already
displeased.

Bye, Uwe

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