GCC-3.0.4 (pre) on AIX requires pthreads

[Phil Edwards]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 05:09:53PM -0500, David Edelsohn wrote:
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2000-09/msg00097.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2001-04/msg00376.html
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2001-05/msg00018.html

What a mess.

> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2001-05/msg00048.html

Okay.  Here's the message where you suggest what has since been implemented.

>         AIX does want POSIX, but only when the -pthread option is present
> on the commandline.  G+ can handle this, but libstdc++ and gthr.h cannot.

So, we just need to turn a command-line option into -D_THREAD_SAFE?  Okay,
that's already being done...

>         gthr-aix.h depends upon gthr-posix.h and gthr-single.h.  Using
> gthr-aix.h requires libstdc++ understanding that dependency and installing
> all THREE headers.  libstdc++/include/Makefile currently only installs
> thread_target_headers (gthr.h, gthr-single.h, gthr-default.h) and the
> *SINGLE* file to which glicpp_thread_h is defined.

...ah!  The actual problem!

Are you saying that this would all be solved by:

1)  Making 'aix' the displayed thread model, and
2)  Installing more headers?


Phil

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