From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: multithread programming 1 Feb 1999 14:15:49 GMT Message-ID: <794cul$gsg$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <36B2ED48.3A763ADF@i-france.com> <36B473CD.616A8732.cygnus.gnu-win32@uni-duesseldorf.de> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <36B473CD.616A8732.cygnus.gnu-win32@uni-duesseldorf.de>, Stipe Tolj wrote: >> i wanted to learn how to code multithread programms >> so i read a tutorial at >> http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/proven/pthreads_man.html >> and i looked for #include and i didn't find it in cygwin B19 >> >> how can i make POSIX compliant multithread programms with cygwin ? > >unfortunatly Cygwin b19 (and b20) are _not_ multithread safe. Therefore the >posix thread pthread package from MIT won't work. > >That's at least what core developers have told me on that issue. Actually, recent source snapshots have had a threadsafe option which has to be manually configured. This also includes limited pthread support. -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/