Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 17:56:41 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: shared library bump, symbol versioning, libthr change Message-ID: <20070506175150.L11224@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705060923030.1180@sea.ntplx.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705060923030.1180@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Sun, 6 May 2007, Daniel Eischen wrote: Hi, thanks a lot for all the work! > by bumping shared library versions. You can disable > symbol versioning by setting NO_SYMVER. I wonder if we should plug this in into the WITH/WITHOUT_* framework of HEAD instead of adding new NO_* variables? > o The default threading library is changed from libpthread > to libthr. libthr remains installed as libthr, libpthread > is installed as libkse, and libpthread will link to libthr > by default. Compiling with -pthread will continue to work > as before. You can override the default library by setting > DEFAULT_THREAD_LIBRARY=libpthread or libc_r before a > buildworld/installworld. It's DEFAULT_THREAD_LIB= according to your patch. Do you think that DEFAULT_THREAD_LIB=libpthread could cause some confusion because that would actually be libthr? Shouldn't we rename that to libkse for the selection too and leave libpthread unused as a generic term? /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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