Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 15:43:01 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: -lpthread vs -pthread: does -D_REENTRANT matter? Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=N54TYi-JpN15WDQb8qXXmESpEYE9gdMW2VKP2c625ZQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=PnQvtXydhx8%2BoRZJ2ERBoGwedXPcGi_9icYxAtPuxVw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxg=PnQvtXydhx8%2BoRZJ2ERBoGwedXPcGi_9icYxAtPuxVw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8 October 2012 12:17, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > The only difference between -lpthread and -pthread that I could see is > that the latter also sets -D_REENTRANT. > However, I can't find any uses of _REENTRANT anywhere outside of a few > utilities that seem to define it manually. > > Testing with various manually written pthread programs resulted in > identical binaries, let alone identical results. > > Is there an actual difference between -pthread and -lpthread or is > this just a historical artifact? does anyone know the answer to this question? I've been experimenting but can't find a difference at all. -- Eitan Adler
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