From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 14 10:39:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E15C46 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qc0-x236.google.com (mail-qc0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA3412F47 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c11so4681841qcv.41 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:39:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:organization:face :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RGdWcIwJaZYHlKzHs7Su6LWCTM5/Cx45JNJkIqLLLEI=; b=bMLdK4QoWfKPR5CmdWxxe8lLoY3LKQjGbKuwalpOpcd5c+/+3g2+NUP8hfMmyu0WJY ZK7WaRv3UgbwzkZAj23b+8xdfkjbBVLCoJ3CPS16YvxDSPSq7cOiyzsx4CCRVfffrPX5 9PoJqCJmVJG2tqBe9seWTpCe1fr+2vlR5hesQ= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :organization:face:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=RGdWcIwJaZYHlKzHs7Su6LWCTM5/Cx45JNJkIqLLLEI=; b=SpqwsFJZLnhvOm9oxEJHPk5lhLBoDUBhHe/2jj8B1Gh/aPJM/8azJjoigjfnjw6QZN mJOs3Qyq7fXZPvNgSPeziNHNjK/+2hYD9nmP1On6yE+j6tivXO9J355HhvmNc6dRt1V9 Fusu23fje2ND6LZiKny4TBGgFiSIjXhKjV7Is8ONN6QP49hRTsqSKHnKeKKb89dm8cOU qO1Ivl9EOajvNivEw8xnKL+ATWYfp19wT2L7sYt/mamIobyNU90e2iIy+QDkzePUFCmH FQiCjVgznIM5xRulRGww47dvAQzS45UKh+33WNXn2G8GgMYNXtjHdSJJz42Uk2WzahtN tjeA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn4NsmKKfkUyVmcmqFMRI0suVsv+x7GfpaxCHgiiCJwjPIh9ahP0vcm/0CeXECqSP4aEL+W X-Received: by 10.224.67.8 with SMTP id p8mr10363594qai.5.1376476773489; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id i9sm23134047qei.0.2013.08.14.03.39.32 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3cFS375TvQz2CG5t for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:39:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:39:31 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Perl and Threads Message-ID: <20130814063931.72c73b6a@scorpio> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEUAAABYRlwJCw4FAgAIBwKprDkBAQFQLR0BAgCir7VRttp8AAACAUlEQVQ4jZWUTYvbMBCGTVl8V2hX6Gg5G5FbWQdBj0lEfE7BhN4cyzi5Wt1E5L70roWy6N92xok/skkP+5IYrMcz78xIduDWpNM3vFzuA/jX5EY1AI6KHFwW/CzFuQAwqUBbV12p+CzIh6Awq7sg33pn5D64SQXAexffeuQlA/L35RrkaB551OjGfP/cAO8mCNaDcgvfky5ijoD0pAXlCQCnljiAjsJD9Ax05Ko5sZxbnLQcmM+dZg5IjREfZrWIHK0JuwU68pAGwHvfRxBundRzTxxz3r9dNUikPsEihjz2Dc4kjp1hKsJGuot4EDxaxzMoC7XqhxhOSfZrTS6gSX1JVdjp+o1PvWfekXgw3WL0g70nDEwA0H0HQsEZc8sTmFMTkWUfYWC/vdR1zQy3xLQgLwzu90QnlnFLjeiGWBjwhb4Sa42IqOg2qqS4O1/zhKokFUb1Q8Rj4Eb69WVflXEehJ35DgChVTE5n50eaGyMLOfH8AOodoSM4PVYAQgQdBulOa+knklYks3vAuQ+uX492lTl+A+e8qBV2AKoXalVKFfyuUp0pUp1ARaUHh82lv9MN+Ig7CZtgE6FNYvjlywT2VP2dMgOG46gTIWcqdfvuwyXNz0oMJNd/N5lh1YNiJt19ADTUo3VuFSNeQwVqRSrGjSCp53fk2g+Mvfk/gfoPxHeUS8MH9vRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:39:35 -0000 The Perl ports offer options for "THREADS" AND "PERL_MALLOC". Example from the perl5.18 port: # make showconfig {snip} ====> Exclusive OPTIONS: you can only select none or one of them THREADS=off: Build threaded perl PERL_MALLOC=off: Use Perl malloc Is there any advantage to one or the other? I have seen ports that have options that require a threaded perl. Why would I not want to use at least one of the options? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________