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John Birrell wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 08:06:25PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>>At the very least, we should put [-pthread] back as a noop.  The timing on
>>this really sucks because it breaks the ports tree for an extended
>>period of time.  While the fixes are simple, they haven't been made
>>yet.  The fact that the tree is frozen makes it seem like a really bad
>>time to make the change.
> 
> 
> Yes, I think it should go back as a noop (mostly to satisfy the GCC
> people though).

Perhaps put it back as a noop with a particularly
loud warning:

"Warning: -pthread does nothing.  If this is a port, complain to the 
maintainer to fix it."

Tim