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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Terry Lambert wrote:

> If you are not using "-stable", but instead are using a FreeBSD
> from a CDROM, you will not be able to get your threads code to
> work reliably, especially if you are using signals, sockets, the

  signals/alarms don't seem to work well in stable either.

  MySQL's thr_alarm test hangs when used with FreeBSD threads.  Passes
when used with mit-pthreads on FreeBSD, and passes with posix threads on
other systems (Linux and Solaris).

Tom


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