* De: Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2002-11-22 ]
[ Subjecte: Re: libpthread question ]
> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, walt wrote:
>
> > I noticed David Xu's changes to libpthread this morning, so I did a
> > "make libraries" and noticed with surprise that libpthread.so.5 was
> > still dated Sep 16.
> >
> > I then did 'cd /usr/src/lib' and a 'make' and noticed that libpthread
> > did not show up during the make.
> >
> > At that point I looked at /usr/src/lib/Makefile and noticed that
> > libpthread is not mentioned there at all.
> >
> > Then I 'cd /usr/src/lib/libpthread' and 'make' and everything recompiled
> > in my /usr/src tree, not my /usr/obj tree.
> >
> > So, am I screwed up somehow, or is this expected behavior?
>
> This is expected behavior -- libpthread is currently disconnected from the
> build. I'd actually like to see it connected to the build, with an
> appropriate "WARNING: DRAGONS INCLUDED" man page also hooked up to
> discourage accidental use. At least, assuming David Xu, Jon Mini, etc,
> are ready for the resulting bug reports they'll get.
No. You really don't want to do this. A lot of ports will see -lpthread
and try to use it instead of letting gcc use its best judgement about what
threads system to use (-pthread). And in the current state, that means a
_lot_ of broken stuff.
--
Juli Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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