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Date:      Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:06:42 -0800
From:      Jon Mini <mini@freebsd.org>
To:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Max Khon <fjoe@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, joseph <altea@attbi.com>
Subject:   Re: Compiling libc and libc_r broken with new compiler code gene
Message-ID:  <20030127010642.GI27470@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030126223020.GF23132@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <20030124020731.B4730@FreeBSD.org> <XFMail.20030124125441.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030126223020.GF23132@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien [obrien@FreeBSD.org] wrote :

> On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 12:54:41PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > > you should use -lc_r in 5.x to link pthreads in
> > > (or -lpthread when it will be ready, notice an 'l' after '-')
> > > -pthread (which should be used in 4.x and earlier to link pthreads in)
> > > is a no-op in 5.x afaik
> > 
> > -pthread still works in 5.x.  It basically means -lc_r on 5.x.
> 
> If anyone has alternate views on how -pthread works in 5.x, please say.
> I just follow the direction of the wind on this particular topic.

"-pthread" should be specified until be deprecate it. That way we can
switch over relatively easily by changing the resolution of the -pthread
alias.

Later, when libc_r is just a glimmer in the minds of old dodders, we
can deprecate -pthread in favor of -lpthread.

-- 
Jonathan Mini <mini@freebsd.org>
http://www.freebsd.org/

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