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RPM 'relaunched' at rpm5.org (Linux.com)

RPM 'relaunched' at rpm5.org (Linux.com)

Posted Jun 16, 2007 19:37 UTC (Sat) by sim0nx (subscriber, #23065)
In reply to: RPM 'relaunched' at rpm5.org (Linux.com) by jengelh
Parent article: RPM 'relaunched' at rpm5.org (Linux.com)

> Native POSIX Thread Library

NPTL is not the same as LinuxThreads, and it was first introduced not so long ago...
But still rpm5 is certainly not one of the first applications to make use of NPTL...


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RPM 'relaunched' at rpm5.org (Linux.com)

Posted Jun 17, 2007 13:18 UTC (Sun) by pli (subscriber, #45060) [Link]

>> Native POSIX Thread Library

> NPTL is not the same as LinuxThreads,

No one is claiming they are the same.

> and it was first introduced not so long ago...

Well, all modern distributions have had NPTL included for more than 3 years now.

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