----- Original Message ----- From: "a.rburgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If you want a mingw pthread library see the pthread-win32 project. > > I don't want to force the user to install pthread-win32. > I want this configure script (for fltk btw) to detect correctly whether > threads > are available or not.
Hmm. Why not put the win32 api checks in the configure script ahead of pthread? > > > 2) Put some cygwin specific libraries as libpthread.a in > > /usr/cygwin/lib > > > and add /usr/cygwin/lib to the specs? > > > This _might_ do it. Still it requires breaking out the pthread > > functions, for little benefit and greater overhead. > > I don't see the problem with this. We are not adding libraries as libpng > and libjpeg to libcygwin either are we? cygwin doesn't depend on jpeg or png, it does on pthreads. > > Why not add the > > win32-pthread functions somewhere and add that to the -mno-cygwin specs? > > You mean adding the win32-pthread functions to the standard cygwin mingw > distribution? > That would be perfect of cause! See http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html. You're more than welcome to contribute such a package, and I'd support it's inclusion - as long as it is done carefully so as not to confuse folk who are not using -mno-cygwin. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
