On Jul 6, 2004, at 12:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> wespvp@syntegra.com wrote:
>> On 6/26/04 3:01 PM, "Keary Suska" <hierophant@pcisys.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> I attempted to compile 7.4.3 with enable-thread-safety but it fails
>>>> and
>>>> says it's not supported. My configure command was:
>>>>
>>>> ./configure --enable-thread-safety
>>>
>>> This is what I did for 10.3.4/7.4.2:
>>>
>>> 1. Enabled thread support in the platform template:
>>> src/template/darwin (see
>>> src/tools/thread/README for info)
>>>
>>> 2. Configured/compiled
>>>
>>> 3. Ran the thread_test program that was created by compile (in
>>> src/tools/thread)
>>>
>>> 4. Followed any recommendations output by the program
>>>
>>> 5. Re-configured/compiled
>>>
>>> Everything was fine.
>>
>> You shouldn't have to mess with template/darwin. Back post 7.4.2 I
>> went
>> through a number of iterations with the developers on this and it was
>> working out of the box. They were in the process of rewriting the
>> threads
>> detection and configuration to be more clean and reliable.
>>
>> I just tried it from the CVS source and it worked fine, even after a
>> 'make
>> clean'. However, when I download 7.4.3 and try it, I get the same
>> error as
>> you. The darwin template is identical between the two. I would have
>> thought all those code changes would have been incorporated in 7.4.3.
>>
>> I think this requires some more investigation. Mac OS X 10.3.x
>> should be
>> working off the bat.
>
> The thread testing in 7.5 is dramatically different from 7.4 and can't
> be backpatched. What should I add to template/darwin for 7.4.4?
>
I added these two lines:
THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=no
But, is it a mistake to have these defined when thread-safety is not
enabled?
----
Aaron Burghardt
aburgh@mac.com
