From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Dec 7 15:23:46 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 15:23:44 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [194.222.196.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42A937B400; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:23:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB7NM0x25292; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:22:00 GMT (envelope-from brian@lan.awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB7NOVG52190; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 23:24:31 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200012072324.eB7NOVG52190@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Ade Lovett Cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Threads in the base system In-Reply-To: Message from Ade Lovett of "Thu, 07 Dec 2000 15:59:22 CST." <20001207155922.I46011@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 23:24:31 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message