Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libpthread

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 01:38:45AM +0000, Antti Kantee wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 01:33:09AM +0000, Antti Kantee wrote:
> > Module Name:	src
> > Committed By:	pooka
> > Date:		Fri Jun 26 01:33:09 UTC 2015
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	src/lib/libpthread: pthread_types.h
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > C++ (namely libc++) expects to be using PTHREAD_FOO_INITIALIZER as a
> > member initializer. This does not work for volatile types. Since C++
> > does not touch the guts of those types, redefine them as non-volatile.
> > 
> > Fixes libc++ compilation with g++ 5.1, as reported in PR lib/49989.
> 
> Forgot to mention: the patch is from christos (thanks!)

Please document this in doc/HACKS, it is an evil hack and IMHO working
around a g++ bug.

Martin