Re: GNU/Hurd in german news

[Samuel Thibault]

Da Zheng, le Mon 16 Nov 2009 00:57:32 +0800, a écrit :
> Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Da Zheng, le Sun 15 Nov 2009 12:05:01 +0800, a écrit :
> >> I thought GNOME or KDE couldn't work because Hurd components or libraries 
> >> were still using cthreads instead of pthreads.
> > 
> > I don't see why.  Could you find a post explaining that?
> No, I just heard that GNOME and KDE use pthreads but Hurd components use 
> cthreads. Or maybe it's just my misunderstanding.

That's true, but they live in separate processes, so that's not a
problem.

> If GNOME or KDE uses some Hurd libraries which use cthreads, then it should 
> be a problem.

Yes, but only translators use cthreads.

Btw, a newer iceweasel got build against the newer xulrunner, so it
should be installable again.

Samuel