Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:18:08 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>, walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libpthread question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10211221416540.107-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021122133404.60638E-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Juli Mallett wrote: > > > > This is expected behavior -- libpthread is currently disconnected from the > > > build. I'd actually like to see it connected to the build, with an > > > appropriate "WARNING: DRAGONS INCLUDED" man page also hooked up to > > > discourage accidental use. At least, assuming David Xu, Jon Mini, etc, > > > are ready for the resulting bug reports they'll get. > > > > No. You really don't want to do this. A lot of ports will see > > -lpthread and try to use it instead of letting gcc use its best > > judgement about what threads system to use (-pthread). And in the > > current state, that means a _lot_ of broken stuff. > > I thought we discussed installing it as -lkse at one point to avoid that > scenario. I think we did. I think it probably should be installed as libkse until it's ready for prime-time. -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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