Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:30:29 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: John Birrell <cimaxp1!jb@werple.net.au> Cc: freebsd.org!hackers@melb.werple.net.au Subject: Re: What is the status of threads for FreeBSD... Message-ID: <199606120130.SAA00332@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:30:09 %2B1000." <199606112329.JAA02192@melb.werple.net.au>
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Well, I am eager to get the patches and at work we also use OSF.
As for 2.1R or -current I can use either one, mostly because I have
two disks one is 2.1-stable and the other is 2.2-current
Tnks!
Amancio
>From The Desk Of John Birrell :
> As of last week, libc_r builds and installs OK (for me) from -current.
> I know of two problems, one with select() and one with _exit(). I have
> local patches for these, and I'm working on a set of patches for -current
> that won't get me yelled at (!). And then there's an update required to
> match POSIX 1003.1c draft 11 (the current stuff is mostly draft 4 to match
> OSF/1^H^H^H^H^Hanother system we use).
>
> We sucessfully use the libc_r from -current with an otherwise 2.1R
> installation including the non-threaded X libraries. Window refreshes
> are a lot faster, even on a dog-of-a-machine.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> John Birrell CIMlogic Pty Ltd
> jb@cimlogic.com.au 119 Cecil Street
> Ph +61 3 9690 6900 South Melbourne Vic 3205
> Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Australia
> Mob +61 18 353 137
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