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Date:      Fri, 20 Sep 1996 18:33:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        jdrobina@infinet.com (James Drobina)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: libc_r and MIT pthreads
Message-ID:  <199609200833.SAA11336@freebsd3.cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960917194743.29915A-100000@drobina.my.domain> from James Drobina at "Sep 17, 96 07:53:51 pm"

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> Is ther any chance of updating libc_r to use the lastest version of MIT 
> pthreads  (pthreads-1_60_beta5)?

Not much. There are too many functions in MIT pthreads-1_60 which 
clash with code in FreeBSD's libc. MIT pthreads was based on an early 
version of NetBSD. Compare the code... it's sufficiently different to
make any merge impractical.

Regards,

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