[Bug 1450355] [NEW] statically linking libpthread is problematic

[junyer]

Public bug reported:

While investigating https://github.com/google/re2/issues/22, we
discovered that statically linking libpthread is problematic since
Ubuntu 14.10. I suspect that the TLS (Thread-Local Storage) is not
initialised properly, which results in hangs or crashes.

junyer at whalre:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.10
Release:	14.10
junyer at whalre:~$ apt-cache policy libc6-dev
libc6-dev:
  Installed: 2.19-10ubuntu2.3
  Candidate: 2.19-10ubuntu2.3
  Version table:
 *** 2.19-10ubuntu2.3 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.19-10ubuntu2 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
junyer at whalre:~$

** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  statically linking libpthread is problematic

Status in eglibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  While investigating https://github.com/google/re2/issues/22, we
  discovered that statically linking libpthread is problematic since
  Ubuntu 14.10. I suspect that the TLS (Thread-Local Storage) is not
  initialised properly, which results in hangs or crashes.

  junyer at whalre:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.10
  Release:	14.10
  junyer at whalre:~$ apt-cache policy libc6-dev
  libc6-dev:
    Installed: 2.19-10ubuntu2.3
    Candidate: 2.19-10ubuntu2.3
    Version table:
   *** 2.19-10ubuntu2.3 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2.19-10ubuntu2 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
  junyer at whalre:~$

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