From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 28 00:40:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA15003 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:40:34 -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 AAA14995 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:40:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with SMTP id RAA08460; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 17:37:59 +1000 (EST) Received: (from narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA26905; Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:43:51 +0300 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:43:51 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi To: John Birrell cc: FreeBSD.org!hackers@melb.werple.net.au Subject: Re: Threads for -stable In-Reply-To: <199606272144.HAA23519@melb.werple.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, John Birrell wrote: > > > > > > HI! > > > > I know there is the threaded libc (libc_r) for -current but I would like > > to experiment with threads on -stable. Is it possible to take libc_r from > > -stable and bring it over to -stable? Or will it be overly big a task? > > libc_r from -current should work with -stable. We use it with 2.1R. We > *can't* use it with -current because of the pipe problems. > > Be careful to compile both libc_r and your program against -current > header files. That is - pull over current headers to something like /usr/current-include and then change the Makefile of libc_r to use /usr/current-include instead of /usr/include or just temporarily swap the places (move include to another directory and use a symlink to reflect the current situation)? Sander > > > > > If I only could get a machine to run -current on... But I quite don't > > have the courage to run -current on either of our 2 servers (which happen > > to be the only FreeBSD machines). > > > > Sander > > > > > -- > 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 >