Re: [gtk-list] [BUG] glib's configure should support --with-threads=[posix]

[Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi ira uka de>]

Hi,

> Packages: glib-1.1.5 and gtk+-1.1.5
> 
> Description:
> One can build a thread-safe version of gtk+ by
> specifying the --with-threads=posix flag for the
> configure script.  Since gtk+ depends on glib,
> glib also needs to be thread-safe.
> 
> For example, glib uses the errno variable.  In
> a multithreaded program, errno is actually a
> function call to get the per-thread error code.
> For example, on Digital Unix V4.0D,
> /usr/include/sys/errno.h has this:
>     #ifdef  _REENTRANT
>     #define errno   (*_errno())
>     #else
>     extern int errno;
>     #endif  /* _REENTRANT */
> 
> So glib at least needs to be compiled with
> -D_REENTRANT to be thread-safe.
> 
> Fix:
> Add the --with-threads=[posix] flag to glib's
> configure script.  You should be able to just
> cut and paste the --with-threads stuff from
> gtk+'s configure script.

glib's thread safety support is well on its way, be patient.

Bye,
Sebastian
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