Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:09:12 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jonathan Mini <mini@freebsd.org> Cc: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org>, Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 17353 for review Message-ID: <XFMail.20020911130912.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020911003935.GC3866@elvis.mu.org>
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On 11-Sep-2002 Jonathan Mini wrote: > Scott Long [scott_long@btc.adaptec.com] wrote : > >> I'm really consfused. Nowhere in the diff does it mention libkse. I'm >> also confused as to why 'libkse' is less confusing that 'libpthread'. > > The Makefile makes and installs "libkse" not "libpthread." -- i.e., > LIB=kse in Makefile. > > The problem is this: We're going to have both this library and the > old libc_r active at the same time. Eventually, the KSE version of > pthreads will be default (perhaps even the only option), and will > be linked via -lpthread. Right now, -pthread is basically just an > alias for -lc_r. Linking against pthreads via -lpthead is a common > method on other OS's, and it wuold be quite easy for users to > accidentally get the KSE version, especially with autoconf involved. > > We want people to have to explicitly request linking with the KSE version, > thus calling it 'libkse' in the short term. Well, once it is working, we want people to use -lpthread. I guess that it is your intention however. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe p4-projects" in the body of the message
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