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I am trying to recompile a recent (2.12.1) glibc, following the directions in

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Glibc-Install-HOWTO/

From a build directory I do

../*2.12.1/configure --prefix=/usr/local_another --enable-add-ons='linuxthreads'

and I get

*** On GNU/Linux systems it is normal to compile GNU libc with the
*** `nptl' add-on.  Without that, the library will be
*** incompatible with normal GNU/Linux systems.
*** If you really mean to not use this add-on, run configure again
*** using the extra parameter `--disable-sanity-checks'.

So it looks like configure wants ntpl. OK, following the above HOWTO, I change to

../*2.12.1/configure --prefix=/usr/local_another --enable-add-ons='linuxthreads ntpl'

and now I get this error:

configure: error: add-on directory "ntpl" does not exist

GNU documentation says that since glibc 2.6, ntpl is part of glibc, and in any case I can't find this package separately anywhere.

So why am I getting this error?

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You are getting the error because you keep trying to enable linuxthreads, which is ancient and obsolete.

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  • Thank you, this is what the HOWTO told me, let me try the way you recommend.
    – user322908
    Commented Jul 30, 2017 at 2:12
  • Also got rid of ntpl, right?
    – user322908
    Commented Jul 30, 2017 at 2:15
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It's nptl (Native POSIX Thread Library) and not ntpl, that's why are you getting the second error.

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