[vdr] lib tls thread safeness

["C.Y.M" <syphir@syphir.sytes.net>]

Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> Hello
>
> It happend one day that i find this text.
>
>
>     Get Rid of the /lib/tls Directory
>
>     The new pthreads library /lib/tls installed by default on
>     recent Red Hat systems running kernel 2.4.x is defective.  You
>     must remove it or rename it then reboot your system before
>     running Bacula otherwise after a week or so of running, 
>                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>     Bacula will either block for long periods or deadlock entirely.
>                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>     The feedback that we have concerning 2.6 kernels is the same.
>     However, on 2.6 systems, you may want to use the loader
>     environment variable override rather than removing /lib/tls.
>     Please see Supported Operating Systems for more information on
>     this problem.
>
>     http://www.bacula.org/html-manual/quickstart.html#SupportedOSes
>
>
>
>
>     If you have a recent Red Hat Linux system running the 2.4.x
>     kernel and you have the directory /lib/tls installed on your
>     system (normally by default), bacula will NOT run.  This is the
>     new pthreads library and it is defective.
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~           ~~~~~~~~~
>
>     You must remove this directory prior to running Bacula, or you
>     can simply change the name to /lib/tls-broken) then you must
>     reboot your machine (one of the few times Linux must be
>     rebooted).
>
>     If you are not able to remove/rename /lib/tls, an alternative
>     is to set the environment variable "LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19"
>     prior to executing Bacula.  For this option, you do not need to
>     reboot, and all programs other than Bacula will continue to use
>     /lib/tls.
>
>     The feedback that we have for 2.6 kernels is that the same
>     problem exists.  However, on 2.6 kernels, we would probably
>     recommend using the environment variable override
>     (LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19) rather than removing /lib/tls.
So, would you recommend that we use "export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19" or 
"export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1"?

Thanks,