To use -Dusethreads or not, that is the question. :) Without, I get 2 files that are linked to pthread:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux/auto/DB_File/DB_File.so /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so With, I get: /usr/bin/perl5.10.0 /usr/bin/perl (hardlink to perl5.10.0) /usr/bin/a2p /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/DB_File/DB_File.so /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/threads/threads.so /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/threads/shared/shared.so Notice the 2 in the first list are in the 2nd list, but are installed in i686-linux-thread-multi instead of i686-linux. I'm no perl expert, but it would seem logical that if perl itself didn't support threading, then a module supporting it would be meaningless. This may have implications on reentrancy. I currently have access only to Arch Linux and FreeBSD, and the main perl binary in those links to libpthread. I'm curious what debian-based and redhat-based distros are doing. Any thoughts? -- Archaic -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
