Re: Adding threading support to lang/sbcl

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

Kevin Bloom <ktnb%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> I've found an issue with our current build of lang/sbcl in which it
> isn't compiled with threading support. This means that if you attempt
> to use the bordeaux-threads[1] library it won't work. I've tested it
> locally and it appears to work as expected useing the attached patch.
>
> Does anyone know of a reason why this wasn't added before or have any
> reason why I shouldn't add it? I don't really see the need for making
> an option for it as it doesn't change much of anything from a
> packaging point of view.

What platform have you tried this on?

On NetBSD/amd64, the threading tests in the SBCL test suite fail.

I could see a case for enabling threading by default for Linux builds
at some point.