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

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)
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Msg-id 4323.1062446476@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)  (Lee Kindness <lkindness@csl.co.uk>)
Responses Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)  (Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>)
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Lee Kindness <lkindness@csl.co.uk> writes:
> Guys, too much thought is being spent on this...
> 1. For the _r functions we "need" we should ALWAYS use them if the
> system we are building on has them - they WILL be thread-safe.

> 2. If the system is missing a _r function then we implement a wrapper
> to call the normal non-_r version. However we do NOT make this wrapper
> call thread-safe - we assume the non-_r version already is.

That assumption is exactly what Peter is unhappy about.  With the above
approach we will happily build a "thread safe" library on systems that
are in fact not thread safe at all.  Peter wants --enable-thread-safety
to fail on non-safe systems.
        regards, tom lane


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