Which threads for default? (was Re: make check with libstdcxx broken)

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 07:37:34AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> 
> I found the problem.  I configured with "--enable-threads" and this
> leads to:
> 
> checking for enabled cshadow headers... no
> checking for threads package to use... configure: error:  is an unknown thread package

Er.  I noted this problem in the documentation (configopts.html) but never
pushed for closure.

The full option is --enable-threads=name_of_thread_package.  Without
specifying the thread package, we use "some kind of default," which was
never decided on.  Looks like everyone so far has actually been giving
the name of a threads package, and you're the first person to run into
this little discrepancy.  (Well, the first to report it, anyhow.  :-)

Defaulting to posix seems the only reasonable choice right now.  I will
do that unless somebody complains loudly and soon.


Phil

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