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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
Message-ID: <19990202205349.B32477@cygnus.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:53:49 -0500
To: Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: multithread programming
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In-Reply-To: <36B7A837.DB33853@uni-duesseldorf.de>; from Stipe Tolj on Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:36:56AM +0100

On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 02:36:56AM +0100, Stipe Tolj wrote:
>> >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.
>
>that sound great. So when can I expect to be able to port the MySQL database
>engine using MIT's pthread package on Cygwin? Will be Cygwin b21 threadsafe and
>pthread supporting?
>
>What do I have to do, to get the pthread support active within the latest source
>snapshot? Compile the whole cygwin1.dll? Which options do I have to configure
>manually for this?

Yes, you'll need to compile cygwin1.dll.  Try running configure --help .
The options should be self-explanatory.

FYI, the pthread support is limited and the multithread support is still
considered experimental.

cgf