HELP! FreeBSD g++ multi-threaded application?

[Loren James Rittle]

In article < 3A6DFBB8.18C8C7EC@corp124.com >,
jeanniey@corp124.com writes:

>>> I know that libstdc++ is not thread safe.  Is there any way to get
>>> around that?  I am compiling with the -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE
>>> -D_PTHREADS -D__USE_MALLOC flags.  Is there something else I'm
>>> missing?

> I'm using
> 	gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
> this came with the FreeBSD 4.2 install packages.  I'm assuming that the
> libstdc++ library is also the same version?  

> the --enable-threads=posix is a build option for the compiler right?  I
> don't know what options the compiler was built with... since it came off
> the FreeBSD install.  Is there any way I can tell?

The system compiler on FreeBSD 4.2, as installed, is suppose to
support thread-safe operations.  However, that may or may not include
usage of some features out of the stdlibc++ without user-code-level
locking surrounding calls into the library.

> I am using the -pthreads linkage on the compile line.

If you can send me (off-list) a small test case that doesn't work for
you under FreeBSD, I'd be happy to comment on what you can do to fix
your problem.

Regards,
Loren