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Date:      Thu, 07 Dec 2000 23:24:31 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: Threads in the base system 
Message-ID:  <200012072324.eB7NOVG52190@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>  of "Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:59:22 CST." <20001207155922.I46011@FreeBSD.org> 

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> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:55:07PM +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> > 1.  Remove NOLIBC_R
> > 2.  Eventually introduce libpthread
> > 3.  Change all Makefiles that say -pthread to say -lpthread
> > 4.  Blow away libc_r
> 
> With an OSVERSION bump at stage 3, so that the whole slew of
> ports that currently mangle -lpthread to -pthread can DTRT
> between 4.x and 5.x
> 
> Please? :)

I agree, maybe with another version bump at stage 2 and 4 too 
(version bumps are cheap).  It would also be nice if the ports 
were smart enough to probe for -lpthread's existence and DTRT on that 
basis.

> -aDe
> 
> -- 
> Ade Lovett, Austin, TX.			ade@FreeBSD.org
> FreeBSD: The Power to Serve		http://www.FreeBSD.org/

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !




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