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Subject: Re: pthread_rwlock
From: Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: Tim Gong <gongchen@bignet.net>
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
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Date: 22 Aug 2001 18:04:32 +1000
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On 18 Aug 2001 16:58:15 -0500, Tim Gong wrote:
> I'm porting a Unix application that uses pthread_rwlock and sigwait routines
> extensively.
> It seems that they are not supported in the latest cygwin release. Can
> anyone provide
> some advice in that regard?

Yes, they are not implemented.

> I've considered pthread_win32 library, but the problem is that libary only
> works with mingw,
> but not with cygwin.

It should work with cygwin, but I don't recommend it, because you *may*
get weird behaviour.

> It would be hard for me to switch to mingw, because
> that toolkit doesn't
> have a unix socket emulation layer, and I'm not that familiar with winsock.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Tim Gong
> 

Rob


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