Current state of pthread implementation?
Suhaib Siddiqi
ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
Wed May 2 13:59:00 GMT 2001
Let's say this. pthread is not officially supported yet.
As I said every thing compiled, but windows managers
crashed. I would not classify XFree86 under Cygwin as pthread safe
yet.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Eibach [ mailto:a.eibach@gmx.net ]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:47 PM
> 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
>
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