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List:       linux-api
Subject:    Re: x86 CPU features detection for applications (and AMX)
From:       Florian Weimer <fweimer () redhat ! com>
Date:       2021-06-30 15:38:47
Message-ID: 87lf6ricqg.fsf () oldenburg ! str ! redhat ! com
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* Enrico Weigelt:

> On 30.06.21 16:34, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
>> It breaks integration with system-wide settings, such as user/group
>> databases, host name lookup, and cryptographic policies.  In many
>> environments, that is not really an option.
>
> Not necessarily, these can still be applied (and fairly simple).
> You actually have to twist more extra knobs if to wanted those weird
> things to happen.

Sorry, this is just not true.  You cannot load system libraries such as
NSS modules or cryptographic libraries with a custom glibc because the
system glibc could be newer, and glibc does not provide that kind of
compatibility (only the other way round).

Thanks,
Florian

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