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		kelnos on Nov 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Improving Steam Client Stability on Linux > so it is possible to add locking/copying yourself. Not if third-party dependent libraries use getenv/setenv. (The article mentions this as a continuing problem with the steam client.)

o11c on Nov 12, 2024 [–]

As a rule you should not assume third-party libraries are at all thread-safe.

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