Subject: Re: threads?
To: , <cliff@snipe444.org>
From: Richard Grace <rgrace@aapt.com.au>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/23/2002 14:42:17
>>> Cliff Wright <cliff@snipe444.org> 23/07/2002 14:35:55 >>>

> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:40:09 +0100
> Nick Hudson <skrll@netbsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> > > (...are {unproven-pthreads,PTL2,PTH} still the recommended way?)
> >=20
> > Yes.
>=20
> One gotcha that got me is with the package system install
> of pth. the pthread  emulation mode is turned on with the
> "--enable-pthread" agument, however the "--enable-syscall-soft"
> was not used.

Would one get better performance of all packages requiring
PTH if this option is enabled?

Is it worth doing ``make udate'' to remedy this?

Richard.