MySQL Bugs: #1744: mysql wont install using 2.6 kernel and glibc with native posix threading libra

Bug #1744	mysql wont install using 2.6 kernel and glibc with native posix threading libra
Submitted:	3 Nov 2003 19:55	Modified:	5 Nov 2003 4:15
Reporter:	[ name withheld ]	Email Updates:
Status:	Can't repeat	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	4.0.16	OS:	x86 Linux, 2.6 kernel
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Mysql won't install when the native posix threading library is used, as the configure script is hardcoded to require LinuxThreads on linux. Thus, it cannot be used when running a development kernel with glibc compiled with nptl support.
The configure script output is as follows:
checking "LinuxThreads"... "Not found"
configure: error: This is a linux system and Linuxthreads was not
found. On linux Linuxthreads should be used.  Please install Linuxthreads
(or a new glibc) and try again.  See the Installation chapter in the
Reference Manual for more information.

Note that i have tried using '--with-pthread' to override the LinuxThreads on the configure script, but the same thing happened.

How to repeat:
Install a 2.6 series kernel, and recompile glibc for it with nptl support. Attempt to install mysql.

Suggested fix:
I suspect that this can be fixed in the configure script, by not requiring LinuxThreads on linux.

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What Linux distribution you are using and how did you compiled MySQL?

I am able to link mysqld against NPTL on RedHat 9 with both RedHat provided kernel and 2.6.0-test9, but this is probably because RedHat sets NPTL to represent themselves as LinuxThreads with regard of configure scripts.

Did you tried --with-named-thread-libs= option?

For the record, I'm using Gentoo linux, and had tried both the Gentoo ebuild script, and manually from the mysql source.
The hint about --with-named-thread-libs= worked, thanks for the help.