Ryzom

This is a difficult to figure out problem so i figured i'd better document it,
before someone else spends a bunch of time trying to figure it out...

what appears to be happening when I hit this error is that

we create libxml2 threads to parse stuff, libxml2 calls pthread_key_create
gets a key, libxml2 thread exits, and the key is pthread_key_delete()'d
but libxml2 caches this key in a 'globalkey' variable,

the client then calls pthread_key_create, gets the same key handed out
we startup more libxml2 threads, and those use what is now our key...
they do some stuff, and pthread_key_delete() and our values go poof.

pthread_getspecific then gets called with our key and returns NULL, and we hit this assertion
because NULL != this.

I have hacked the client here in CTDS::CTDS
to check if (_Key == 3) { get a new key; then pthread_key_delete(3); }
with this change I get much further (character creation screen), YMMV and it is a really really horrible workaround.

potential solutions are somehow ensuring that the first libxml2 thread never exists?
or fixing libxml2?