Subject: Re: MySQL
To: Andy Finnell <andyfinn@bellsouth.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/26/2000 17:37:27
	Would you be willing to look at such a patch for the
	unproven-threads package? - its based on MIT-pthreads but
	with various fixes.

                David/absolute
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Andy Finnell wrote:

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> I have submitted a patch for pkgsrc that adds support for PowerPC to MIT-pthreads.  Although that was several months ago, it still hasn't been added to pkgsrc.  Unfortunately, because of changes to the mit-pthreads pkg since I submitted, my patch is a little out of date.  However, I have had personal contact with two individuals who have gotten MySQL to work on macppc.  It would be nice if one of those people would post how they did it.  :-)
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> HTH,
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>     -andy
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> >Although I didn't dig into MySQL, the reason why it doesn't
> >build is that MySQL needs mit-pghreads.
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> >Mike> Anyone have it running or close to running?
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> >Is there anyone?  As I wrote above, we should support
> >mit-pthreads first on powerpc (not only macppc).
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