Re: Starting GnomeDB on FreeBSD...

[Dan Winship <danw ximian com>]

> > > #10 0x28533011 in gethostbyname () from /usr/lib/libc.so.4
> > > #11 0x283493c0 in oaf_hostname_get () from /usr/X11R6/lib/liboaf.so.0
> > > #12 0x28349bf4 in oaf_orb_init () from /usr/X11R6/lib/liboaf.so.0
> > > #13 0x283499e1 in oaf_init () from /usr/X11R6/lib/liboaf.so.0
> > > #14 0x285b1bbe in gnome_db_init () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libgnomedb.so.0
> > > #15 0x804c9d1 in main ()
> > > #16 0x804b779 in _start ()

Does gnomedb use threads and gethostbyname? gethostbyname isn't
thread-safe, and calling it simultaneously from different threads can
cause hangs on bsd and crashes on linux.

-- Dan