Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >From UnixWare:
> 
> $ cc -O -Kpthread test_thread.c -o test_thread -lsocket -lnsl
> UX:acomp: WARNING: "test_thread.c", line 60: argument #3 incompatible with 
> prototype: pthread_create()
> UX:acomp: WARNING: "test_thread.c", line 61: argument #3 incompatible with 
> prototype: pthread_create()
> $ ./test_thread
> Your functions are all thread-safe
> $

Well, that's great news, and so clear too!

I am curious about the compiler warnings.

What does your OS want for the 3rd argument of pthread_create()?  I
thought a void pointer would be OK for everyone:
   pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, (void *) func_call_1, NULL);

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