From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 3 20:12:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA20086 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au [129.78.129.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA20079 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au) Received: (from dawes@localhost) by rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) id NAA25268; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:12:36 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980804131236.L24600@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:12:36 +1000 From: David Dawes To: "Daniel O'Connor" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Threaded X libs.. Mail-Followup-To: Daniel O'Connor , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199808040211.LAA02226@cain.gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808040211.LAA02226@cain.gsoft.com.au>; from Daniel O'Connor on Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:41:02AM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:41:02AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >Hi, >I was trying to port a program which required thread safe X libs, so I >recompiled XFree86 after editing the config file for FreeBS, and it seemed to >work fine (OK, so I didn't exactly test it, but at least XInitThreads() now >works :) > >Is there any reason why the FreeBSD version of XFree86 doesn't enable threads >by default? Perhaps the port could have an option for it? (I can make a patch >for the port to do so if it would be useful :) Only because nobody who is interested in it has tested it and told us (XFree86) that it works (until now?). If it does all seem to work, send me a patch with any changes (even if only config changes), and I'll add it to the XFree86 development code. Make sure that the config changes only enable it for FreeBSD versions where it will work. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message