Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:42:32 -0500 From: "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> Cc: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>, dick@tar.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cc -pthread and -kthread switches Message-ID: <19990409114232.S440@tar.com> In-Reply-To: <19990409161203.B3791@shale.csir.co.za>; from Jeremy Lea on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:12:03PM %2B0200 References: <370DC114.E0A81FDE@cs.strath.ac.uk> <19990409161203.B3791@shale.csir.co.za>
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On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:12:03PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: > I've spoken about this before, but I'll throw my ideas in again. [snip] > I still feel that Richard's LinuxThreads port belongs in the base system > and not in Ports. I looked at it, and it shouldn't be to difficult to > 'contribify'. Agreed. The only issue is that I've heard a number of people argue against this. That's why its been structured as a port. > If you haven't looked, the poor port has to go rumaging > around in /usr/src to find half of it's source files. This is a reciepe > for disaster. I agree its an ugly port. > Maybe the Linux threads should go straight to -lthread or -xthread, with > library names 'liblthread' and headers in /usr/include/pthread/lthread'. > That leaves 'kthread' open. -xthread sounds like something which is > going to leave soon... The library names currently are liblthread, and libpthread is installed as a soft link to liblthread, provided libpthread doesn't already exist. -- Richard Seaman, Jr. email: dick@tar.com 5182 N. Maple Lane phone: 414-367-5450 Chenequa WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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