>Number:         10767
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       devel/mit-pthreads conflicts with devel/pth
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 06 15:42:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Rhialto
>Release:        pkgsrc -current of some days ago
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD azenomei.falu.nl 1.4.1 NetBSD 1.4.1 (AZENOMEI) #27: Wed Jun 14 01:41:57 CEST 2000 rhialto@azenomei.falu.nl:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/AZENOMEI alpha


>Description:
	The mit-pthreads package installs a library
	/usr/pkg/pthreads/lib/libpthread.{a,so}. The pth package
	installs /usr/pkg/lib/libpthread.{a,so}. If some program is
	compiled with the mit-pthreads version of gcc,
	/usr/pkg/pthreads/bin/pgcc and also wants some library from
	/usr/pkg/lib (not uncommon), the pthread libraries may get
	confused, and link errors may ensue.

>How-To-Repeat:
	
	install above packages, and try to make a python with thread
	support, by adding the following to its Makefile:

	CONFIGURE_ARGS  += --with-thread
	CC = /usr/pkg/pthreads/bin/pgcc

	Make. See mysterious link failures, which disappear as soon as
	/usr/pkg/lib/libpthread.{a,so} are moved out of the way.

	By the way, the resulting python does not seem good enough to
	work with Mojo Nation (see www.mojonation.net).
>Fix:
	Manually move /usr/pkg/lib/libpthread.{a,so} of the way.  The
	other one is better anyway (but not perfect).

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert - rhialto@polder   -- Ah only did well at school
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