Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:38:45 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/devel/icu: PTHREAD_LIBS clean Message-ID: <44ejrlknii.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200611291052.23327@aldan> (Mikhail Teterin's message of "Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:52:22 -0500") References: <20061127222709.aa35ab22.nork@FreeBSD.org> <200611290957.26508@aldan> <44irgyjlyf.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200611291052.23327@aldan>
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Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> writes: > On Wednesday 29 November 2006 10:45, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > =3D ICU is different in that not only can it be called from multiple > =3D threads, but those threads can (in theory -- as far as I know, you're > =3D right that nobody uses this capability right now) be interacting. > =3D =A0 > =3D > You are (slightly) pessimizing your installation by building a > =3D > thread-aware ICU without having a need for it... > =3D=20 > =3D On the other hand, that could change at any time. =A0 > =3D=20 > =3D Think of all the other programmers in the world as independent > =3D threads, that could use the API in new ways... =A0;-) > > I know. And the ICU developers think, threads should be enabled by defaul= t.=20 > The reason they aren't right now -- in the FreeBSD port -- is because of= =20 > certain bugs in thread implementation(s) on FreeBSD/ia64, which lead to=20 > crashes in ICU. > > Since nothing is using ICU in a multi-threaded fashion _right now_, the=20 > current version of the port builds without threads by default. Norikatsu= =20 > confirms, he is not calling into ICU from multiple threads either, hence = my=20 > suggestion, he does not need to change the option. > > When the ia64's thread-implementation improves, the next update to the po= rt=20 > will change the default... Okay, I apologize for misunderstanding you; I thought you were saying that the thread libraries had just been fixed.=20=20
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