This turns off multithreading support for OSF/1 by default. Needed because
the mere _linking_ with -lpthread causes programs using fork/exec to
go into an endless SIGSEGV loop inside execvp().
2006-08-18 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* lock.m4 (gl_LOCK_BODY): Change the default value of gl_use_threads on
OSF/1 to no.
Reported by Stephen Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
*** lock.m4 23 Aug 2006 12:04:46 -0000 1.5
--- lock.m4 23 Aug 2006 12:07:28 -0000
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*** 1,4 ****
! # lock.m4 serial 3 (gettext-0.15.1)
dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
--- 1,4 ----
! # lock.m4 serial 4 (gettext-0.15.1)
dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
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*** 40,46 ****
AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads,
AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads={posix|solaris|pth|win32}], [specify
multithreading API])
AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-threads], [build without multithread safety]),
! gl_use_threads=$enableval, gl_use_threads=yes)
gl_threads_api=none
LIBTHREAD=
LTLIBTHREAD=
--- 40,54 ----
AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads,
AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads={posix|solaris|pth|win32}], [specify
multithreading API])
AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-threads], [build without multithread safety]),
! [gl_use_threads=$enableval],
! [case "$host_os" in
! dnl Disable multithreading by default on OSF/1, because it interferes
! dnl with fork()/exec(): When msgexec is linked with -lpthread, its
child
! dnl process gets an endless segmentation fault inside execvp().
! osf*) gl_use_threads=no ;;
! *) gl_use_threads=yes ;;
! esac
! ])
gl_threads_api=none
LIBTHREAD=
LTLIBTHREAD=
