You need threading if you need to do threads in your client
applications. Not sure why you get the link error though.
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Theodore Petrosky wrote:
> Can someone shed some light on the thread safety
> switch. I am using PostgreSQL on mac os x. I have made
> and installed from 7.2 through 8.0b. I now see this
> feature of thread safety and I don't understand why I
> would need it.
>
> I have tried:
>
> ./configure --with-rendezvous --enable-thread-safety
>
> I get these errors:
>
> ld: common symbols not allowed with MH_DYLIB output
> format with the -multi_module option
> fe-secure.o definition of common _thread_in_send (size
> 4)
> /usr/bin/libtool: internal link edit command failed
> make[3]: *** [libpq.3.2.dylib] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> this is os x 10.3.5 with gcc (GCC) 3.3
>
> any ideas (If I don't know what it is, do I need it?)
>
> Ted
>
>
>
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