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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:15:39 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: SHOWSTOPPER: [was Re: vfscanf in newlib]
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In-Reply-To: <EA18B9FA0FE4194AA2B4CDB91F73C0EF08EF05@itdomain002.itdomain.net.au>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:59:47AM +1000

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:59:47AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>I might be a cancellation point being checked before MTInterface is
>initialised. If thats the case, I suggest that MTInterface is
>initialised earlier.

It should be initialized pretty early.  I don't see any way for /etc/passwd
to be read prior to this initialization.

This is the initialization in question, right:

  user_data->threadinterface->Init (user_data->forkee);

?

cgf