Subject: Re: pthreads/other threads status ?
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Peter <plp@actcom.co.il>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/06/2005 23:12:51
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 04:45:20PM +0300, Peter wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to know what the status of pthreads is, in 2.+ . I have
>> ported a small program to 1.6.1 and it works but some aspects have
>> strange reactions if I use anything but the default pthreads attributes
>> for new tasks. Is threre a substitute pthreads library recommended for
>> use with netbsd ?
>
> NetBSD 1.6.1 does not have a system thread library.  Did you mean "I
> have ported a small program to 2.0", or did you mean "I have ported a
> small program to NetBSD 1.6, using third-party thread library ____"?

I mean "I have ported a small program to NetBSD 1.6, using the GPL 
pthreads library by Ralf S. Engelschall" which ended up installed on the 
1.6.1 system (I do not remember to have explicitly installed it last 
year but I might have).

Peter