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Date:      Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:51:07 +0800
From:      David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread_dbg Makefile pthread_dbg.cpthread_dbg.h src/lib/libpthread_dbg/arch/i386/i386 pthread_dbg_md.c
Message-ID:  <4020B27B.80701@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040204072756.GA48627@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
References:  <200402040501.i1451Gir058159@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040204072756.GA48627@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>

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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 09:01:16PM -0800, David Xu wrote:
>  
>
>>davidxu     2004/02/03 21:01:16 PST
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Added files:
>>    lib/libpthread_dbg   Makefile pthread_dbg.c pthread_dbg.h 
>>                         pthread_dbg_int.h 
>>    lib/libpthread_dbg/arch/i386 Makefile.inc 
>>    lib/libpthread_dbg/arch/i386/i386 pthread_dbg_md.c 
>>  Log:
>>  Import initial work of libpthread debugging. This is a debugger independent
>>  friend library for libpthread, the library will be used by debugger to
>>  read/write libpthread's internal data structures.
>>    
>>
>
>Euh, the name of the library should be libthread_db. There's not
>much point in being gratuitously non-conformant.
>
>  
>
OK, but what's libthread_db for ? for libpthread or for libthr and libc_r ?
I won't write debug code for other thread libraries, and also dislike 
mixing other
thread library's debug code into the library. I think  the name should 
be libpthread_dbg,
or libpthread_db.

David Xu




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