Re: PG 7.4 on Tru64 UNIX 4.0 + threads

Nikola Milutinovic wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> Building 7.4 "as we speak". I've run into one minor building bug.
>
> HW: DEC AlphaStation 200
> OS: Digital UNIX 4.0D + SP9
> PG: 7.4 sources
>
> When I choose to build "with threading support", "configure" selects following
> from OSF1 template:
>
> THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
> NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=no # 4.0 2003-09-13
> THREAD_LIBS="-pthread"
>
> Well, this breaks to compile, since ${THREAD_LIBS} will be added as an option of
> "/usr/bin/ld", which doesn't like it on 4.0D. I would propose to change it to:
>
> THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
> NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=no # 4.0 2003-09-13
> THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-pthread"
> THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
>
> I'm building with the new flags and I'll see if it comes up, runs and survives
> the tests. If I'm successful, what is the proper channel for getting this update
> into the sources?
>
> Note: this is for 4.0 version, it might work flawlessly on Tru64 UNIX 5.x

Is this for a non-gcc compiler? Strange you use -pthread for compile
and -lpthread for link. Is that correct?

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