Subject: Re: libpthread busted?
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/05/2003 12:20:27
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:

> >     The SDL shared library object does not have a recorded
> >     dependance on libpthread.so, so applications need to be
> >     explicit.
> 
> This seems like a very obvious bug.

I'm not so sure. Given that the supported way of including SDL in an
application is via "cc `sdl-config --cflags` app.c `sdl-config
--libs`", it's not clear that there's value to library dependancies.

Having SDL contain a recorded dependance on libpthread.so would make
the p5-SDL problem more difficult; perl really has no interest in
dynamically loading libpthread.so.

        - Nathan