Re: pthreads error while configuring

["Ferry van Steen" <fsteen casema net>]

So the threads wouldn't be useful for a lot of programs if I understand
correctly. This is kinda strange for me since I'm coming from windows and
almost everything uses threads in there... Can't I install thread support?
I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could tell me what package it was or
something.

Thanks a lot,

Ferry van Steen

----- Original Message -----
From: Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com>
To: Ferry van Steen <fsteen@casema.net>
Cc: <gtk-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, 6 August, 1999 6:04
Subject: Re: pthreads error while configuring


>
> Ferry van Steen <fsteen@casema.net> writes:
>
> > Hi there, I'm getting an error about not being able to i nstall threads.
> > I have the output attached.
>
> > checking for pthread.h... yes
> > checking for thread implementation... posix
> > checking for pthread_attr_init in -lpthread... no
> > checking for pthread_attr_init in -lpthreads... no
> > checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc_r... no
> > checking for pthread_attr_init... no
> > checking for __d10_pthread_attr_init in -lthread... no
> > checking for __pthread_attr_init_system in -lpthread... no
> > configure: error: I can't find the libraries for the thread
> > implementation posix. Please choose another thread implementation or
> > provide information on your thread implementation. You can also run
> > 'configure --disable-threads' to compile without thread support.
>
> To my best of my knowledge I think this problem occurs
> because Slackware (and possibly some other libc5-based
> distribution) shipped with a pthread.h but without
> a real functioning POSIX threads distribution.
>
> configure should be a bit smarter, and once it realizes
> that you don't have a functioning thread library,
> just go ahead, pretend it didn't see the pthread.h
> and continue without threads.
>
> You can safely follow the above instructions and
> run configure --disable-threads. Few GTK+ programs
> require threading support, and they wouldn't run
> on your system anyways.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
>