> Is there any way to ensure libpthread's ctors will be run before all
> others?

I don't know, but I'm quite sure this, even if possible, isn't the
right fix.  If nothing else, it doesn't scale; consider what happens
when another library, with a similar issue, also wants its init routine
called "before all others".

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