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Date:      Wed, 02 Sep 1998 16:36:17 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Thread calls
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980902163617.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199809020702.AAA21352@usr02.primenet.com>

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On 02-Sep-98 Terry Lambert wrote:
> > So, from what I hear, noone is implementing these calls in FreeBSD's
> > libc_r?
>  There is an OpenLDAP effort, which will necessitate these calls being
>  implemented and/or the PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER going away until FreeBSD
>  complies with Draft 10 (Standard) pthreads.
So, why was the PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER thing implemented if it broke the
ability to easily check between standards? ie is there a good reason to not
back that change out until a more comprehensive set of patches comes along?

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|http://www.gsoft.com.au                                            |
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