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From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
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Subject: RE: sem_wait as cancellation point
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On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Petr Holub wrote:

> > sem_wait() is a cancellation point in libpthread.
> 
> No, it is not - at least according to my experience of 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9.
> When I use following snipplet of code, it keeps hanging in the pthread_join:

You're using libc_r.  libpthread is in -current.

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Dan Eischen