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Date:      Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:07:20 -0400 (AST)
From:      Craig Hawco <dest@syd.eastlink.ca>
To:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
Cc:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: libc/libc_r changes require rebuild of threaded apps
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101241903540.39042-100000@process.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010124130841.12976A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Daniel Eischen wrote:

>
> Using -pthread will prevent linking to libc and only link to
> libc_r.  After the change I just committed, you need to link
> to both libc_r and libc (in that order), just like you would
> for a threaded application on just about any other OS (only
> ours is called libc_r instead of libpthread).

Why not just call it libpthread for the sake of consistancy with other
OSes? I understand why it was called libc_r, but it no longer contains the
libc functionality. I know we like being nonconformist, but sometimes
consistancy is a Good Thing.

--Craig



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