Subject: Re: pthreads compat prob (simple q)
To: poff <poff@sixbit.org>
From: Bryan P <u9@terran.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/17/2003 00:21:36
On the elevated day of Jul 17, poff said:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 12:08:10AM -0700, Bryan P wrote:
> > > Any ideas how I can fix this without having to recompile these
> > > programs?
> >
> > Doubtful this is really what you want (e.g. I think you're looking for
> > a quick/simple solution), but -current has pthreads support that seems
> > to work pretty well for me (xmms, mozilla, etc).
>
> Hum, yes, it would take me forever to get current downloaded. Although
> while I still had adsl I downloaded all the current source, which was
> about a month ago so not-so-current anymore.
Only a month might not be too bad - I only update myself as often as I can
get a full clean build. ;-)
> > > I'm on dialup on a winmodem so any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Running what OS?
>
> Well, if it's a WINmodem I'd hazard a guess at WINdows ;)
Sadly, that's what I thought. However, I know there are some winmodems
supported under Linux. I have a laptop with only a winmodem, and I refuse
to give up hope that some day I'll be able to use it under NetBSD..
-bp
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