./configure and pthreads

[Brian Ford]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Herb Martin wrote:

> I am attempting to ./configure 'dspam' for make
> on CygWin 1.5.18 (release with most all updates).
>
> ./configure --version
>   dspam configure 3.6.rc3
>   generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
>
> ./configure gives this pthreads related error message:
>
>   checking how you like your pthreads... unknown
>   configure: error: Unable to determine how to compile with pthreads
>
> Sure I would love someone to just 'solve' this for me
> but what is the most useful way to diagnose (or learn
> to diagnose) this problem so that I may create a more
> useful report?
>
> (Although a developer, I admit to being mostly
> ignorant of make/configure issues...but I can learn.)

Look in the build directory for the file config.log, search for pthreads,
and find out what failed.

Sounds like their pthread detection macro is broken.  I have one that
works fine on Cygwin.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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