Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:29:50 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Brian.P.Kasper@aero.org Subject: Re: Contributing condition variables to Cygwin pthreads -- How do I start? Message-ID: <20001212132950.H3082@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, Brian.P.Kasper@aero.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from Brian.P.Kasper@aero.org on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 10:07:15AM -0800 On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 10:07:15AM -0800, Brian.P.Kasper@aero.org wrote: >Hello. > >As the subject says, I'd like to volunteer to add condition >variables (pthread_cond_t, etc.) to the Cygwin pthread library, >but I've never hacked Cygwin before and I really don't know what >steps are required to start. > >Is there a "Cygwin volunteering FAQ" somewhere? If not, I'd >greatly appreciate some pointers from people who know what they're >doing. As with any project, the place to start is the project web page. There is at least one obvious link there. >Is there a reason the "Open Source POSIX Threads for Win32" code >at http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ hasn't been combined >with Cygwin? > >I tried using the pthread.h and libpthreadVCE.{a,dll} libraries >from this site on top of cygwin (i.e. installing them into /usr/local) >but had some problems. > >This code appears to support condition variables, but it does some >weird #defining and #including (of stuff like winsock.h) which leads >to collisions with cygwin includes like . > >I don't want to duplicate others' work, and I'd prefer not to start >down a blind alley, but I would like to make this effort. > >Any suggestions? Try searching the archives for pthread. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com