From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:21:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 2004-09-21  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
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2004-09-21  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>

	* Versions: Add comment about linuxthreads' frozen ABI.
---

diff --git a/linuxthreads/Versions b/linuxthreads/Versions
index b9de1612c32..615a132e54c 100644
--- a/linuxthreads/Versions
+++ b/linuxthreads/Versions
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ libpthread {
     pthread_cond_wait; pthread_cond_timedwait;
     pthread_cond_signal; pthread_cond_broadcast;
   }
+
+  # Hey you!!  Yes, YOU!  Do not add new symbols here!
+  # The linuxthreads libpthread ABI froze at GLIBC_2.3.2 and lacks
+  # numerous additions that NPTL's libpthread has.  We can't go adding
+  # any new symbols here unless we support all the new symbols in NPTL,
+  # and we don't want to do that.  Linuxthreads is only alive for
+  # compatibility with old binaries using old interfaces.
+
   GLIBC_PRIVATE {
     # Internal libc interface to libpthread
     __pthread_initialize;