Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:42:26 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Cc: "Karl H. Beckers" <karl.h.beckers@gmx.net> Subject: Re: threading in FreeBSD (acx_pthreads) Message-ID: <200802040942.26708.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5913.192.9.112.196.1202124683.squirrel@www.our-isp.org> References: <5913.192.9.112.196.1202124683.squirrel@www.our-isp.org>
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On Monday 04 February 2008 06:31:23 am Karl H. Beckers wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> could you please include me directly in your replies ... I haven't
> subscribed.
>
> I'm trying to move my configure.in from manual threading libs detection
> to acx_pthreads. That, however, prefers -kthread over -pthread where I
> previously did this:
>
> if ( test -x /sbin/sysctl ) ; then
> ac_my_freebsd_release=`/sbin/sysctl -n
> kern.osreldate`
> else
> ac_my_freebsd_release=`/usr/sbin/sysctl -n
> kern.osreldate`
> fi
> if ( expr ${ac_my_freebsd_release} \< 500016 ) ; then
> LIBS="${LIBS} -pthread"
> else
> LIBS="${LIBS} -lc_r"
> fi
>
> Could anybody make a recommendation of the propert thing to do on
> FreeBSD? Is the acx_pthread assumption OK, or should I patch that?
Just always use -pthread. -lc_r is wrong on 6.x+ anyway, but -pthread
should always work.
--
John Baldwin
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