other/8888: Linking shared libraries with -pthread fails to link to libpthread

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

The following reply was made to PR other/8888; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Wolfgang Bangerth <bangerth@ticam.utexas.edu>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>, <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>,
   <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: other/8888: Linking shared libraries with -pthread fails to link
 to libpthread
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:39:30 -0600 (CST)

 > > So I'm inclined to close the report. Is this sensible, Joseph?
 > 
 > No, since I believe the intention is that it *is* intended to be supported 
 > on other systems, but is missing documentation.  (And some systems may 
 > inconsistently use the spelling -pthreads, a generic option (with docs 
 > moved to a generic section and a note that this option is only supported 
 > on some targets) should have a fixed spelling (or remap one to the other 
 > so both work on all systems).)
 
 OK, thanks for the clarification. I remember that it is a hassle that this 
 flag is called differently on all different platforms. There might be some 
 value in keeping this report as a reminder that this should eventually be 
 fixed.
 
 Thanks for your feedback
   Wolfgang
 
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