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Subject: Re: RFC: [Long] Change PTHREAD_LIBS to -pthread for -CURRENT
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On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:39, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> So, I propose changing PTHREAD_LIBS to -pthread for -CURRENT.  This will
> match what we have in 4.X, and will last for the life of 5.X going
> forward.  The threading people tell me this is doable now.  Thoughts?

My knowledge about both our rtld and our threads implementation is limited,=
=20
however: I see that linking via -lpthread is what's done on Linux/glibc.=20
Linux/glibc is the reference and development platform of a huge majority of=
=20
the software which exists in the ports-collection. Would it be possible to=
=20
keep -lpthread as PTHREAD_LIBS and do whatever glibc does (if it does=20
anything at all) to prevent the breakage you describe from happening?

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