From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 11 18:30:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA14346 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from melb.werple.net.au (melb.werple.net.au [203.9.190.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA14338 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:30:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with SMTP id LAA04885; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:30:33 +1000 (EST) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA00332; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:30:30 -0700 Message-Id: <199606120130.SAA00332@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: John Birrell cc: freebsd.org!hackers@melb.werple.net.au Subject: Re: What is the status of threads for FreeBSD... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:30:09 +1000." <199606112329.JAA02192@melb.werple.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:30:29 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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