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RE: Current state of pthread implementation?
- To: "Andreas Eibach" <a dot eibach at gmx dot net>,<cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: Current state of pthread implementation?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:58:07 +1000
There is no fog!
Suhaib is _able_ to compile a thread-safe version.
When Suhaib compiles a thread-safe version all the window managers
crash.
Suhaib _never_ said that the released binaries are threadsafe.
Suhaib said that threads are _not_ supported.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Eibach [mailto:a.eibach@gmx.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:47 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Current state of pthread implementation?
>
>
>
> > Well yes, xfree binaries and libraries compile with
> pthread. No problem.
> > Server works no problem. xterma nd all clients work -
> problem. BUT twm
> and
> > any other windows manager (such as vtwm and xfce) crashes
> with pthread
> > support.
>
> Hi Suhaib, I'm like forced to bother you once again, because
> your last post
> has caused inconsistencies for some people. The one half
> (including me)
> thinks that the _current_ X *BINARIES* are thread-safe thanks to your
> efforts, but the other half thinks that the current X *SOURCES* can be
> compiled as thread-safe, which would mean that the X binaries
> aren't (yet).
>
> Can you lift the fog, please?
>
> Andreas
>
>