Delivered-To: listarch-cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Date: 1 Feb 1999 14:15:49 GMT From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Message-ID: <794cul$gsg$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> Organization: Cygnus Solutions Path: cygnus.com!not-for-mail References: <36B2ED48.3A763ADF@i-france.com>, <36B473CD.616A8732.cygnus.gnu-win32@uni-duesseldorf.de> Subject: Re: multithread programming Newsgroups: cygnus.gnu-win32 Stamped: newsgate-cygnus Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com 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/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".