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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-07-03 04:43:32 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2005-07-03 04:43:32 +0000
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* NEWS: Note LinuxThreads removal.
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 2005-07-02  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
 
+	* NEWS: Note LinuxThreads removal.
 	* manual/install.texi (Installation): Don't mention linuxthreads.
 	(Configuring and compiling): Don't use linuxthreads as example.
 
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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Version 2.4
 
 * It is now possible to install audit libraries for the dynamic linker using
   LD_AUDIT.  Implemented by Ulrich Drepper.
+
+* The LinuxThreads add-on, providing pthreads on Linux 2.4 kernels, is no
+  longer supported.  The new NPTL implementation requires Linux 2.6 kernels.
+  For a libc and libpthread that works well on Linux 2.4 kernels, we
+  recommend using the stable 2.3 branch.
 
 Version 2.3.5