From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 13 13:09:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12299 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:09:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12294 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA21640; Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:06:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Tom cc: Scot Elliott , stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: include libc_r in 2.2.6 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:01:08 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:06:21 -0500 Message-ID: <21636.889823181@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Tom wrote in message ID : > But MySQL can't use FreeBSD threads if libc_r is not included by > default, because then the port will have to depend on the user downloading > and compiling /usr/src/lib/libc_r > > The point here, is the MySQL should be using libc_r, but can't, unless > libc_r is included by default. > > Tom Your logic is flawed. The ports collection can detect library dependancies being missing and compile the appropriate port to install the missing lib. Why not use the same for the MySQL port (I believe its `ldconfig -r') and use it to check for the existance of the libc_r library? Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message