Would you send over a modified template/unixware and template/sco to at least allow threading when enabled --- see linux or freebsd for examples --- that is how we are enabling threading.
Are you saying you want that flag without --enable-thread-safety? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > --On Monday, August 04, 2003 13:19:57 -0400 Bruce Momjian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry Rosenman wrote: > >> > >> > >> --On Monday, August 04, 2003 13:11:45 -0400 Bruce Momjian > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Larry Rosenman wrote: > >> >> >> > We decided to make separate thread/nonthread libraries if the > >> >> >> > threading requires any special flags --- we haven't done that > >> >> >> > yet, and only configure controls it. > >> >> >> That will be a POLA (principle of least astonishment) violation on > >> >> >> UnixWare. > >> >> > > >> >> > When we have the capability to do dual library builds, we might > >> >> > have a way to specify a threading flag that will apply to the main > >> >> > libpq and not create a libpq_r. If it is a good flag, can we use > >> >> > it in the template file for all compiling? > >> >> I **THINK** so. What I'm thinking of is -D_REENTRANT for UnixWare > >> >> especially for libpq. > >> >> > >> >> the --with-threads would cause ecpg to be compiled/linked as -lpthread > >> >> in addition to > >> >> -D_REENTRANT > >> > > >> > Nope, we are not going to link with -lpthread unless it is enabled in > >> > configure. > >> Right. but libpq should be built with -D_REENTRANT on UnixWare > >> regardless of the > >> --with-threads. > > > > Well, let's see what additional functionality we need. I am not > > feeling too friendly on SCO/Unixware right now to jump through hoops. > Let's not go there. I'm not involved in the IP fight, but I am a USER on > that > platform, and SCO is thinking ****SERIOUSLY**** about shipping PG on the > Platform > as part of their extensions offering. > > What the fr*** harm is it in passing -D_REENTRANT into the libpq build on > UnixWare > irregardless of the --with-threads* flag? > > Same argument for allowing the PORT to determine whether to allow/permit > the full > pathname in for DT_SONAME. > > Let's not run people off because of what the damn lawyers are doing. > > LER > > > > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
