Libthr stable enough for testing

[James Tanis]

How does one go about using libthr? Is all that is involved is symlinking libc_r to libthr?

On Thu, 29 May 2003 17:06:52 -0400
Mike Makonnen <mtm at identd.net> wrote:

> 
> I have committed some changes to libthr today. All but one of them were bug
> fixes, so I encourage everyone to update their source.
> 
> On Wed, 28 May 2003 22:20:19 -0700
> Lars Eggert <larse at ISI.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > > 
> > > Most major locking work in libthr is finished. I believe it is stable
> > > enough now that it can be used for most applications[1]. I would
> > > appreciate it if people would try it out and report any bugs.
> > 
> > I had been running with libc_r symlinked to libthr for a few days with 
> > no problems, and rebuilt some ports during that time.
> > 
> > The machine (SMP) would sometimes freeze solid (no panic). 
> > I symlinked 
> > libc_r back to the original library, and from then on, starting 
> > gnomepanel and some other gnome pieces would fail due to errors about 
> > libthr. I couldn't find them in any log file right now, but I think I 
> > remember one was about getpwuid_r not being found. (The ports that 
> > caused problems were gnome 2.3 beta ports from the marcuscom CVS tree.)
> > 
> >  From what I understand, libthr should be a drop-in replacement for 
> > libc_r, so I was surprised to see this, but maybe I misunderstood?
> 
> No, you're right. The ports must have been statically linked. I'll investigate.
> 
> As for the lockups, libthr by itself should not be able to lockup your machine.
> I'll investigate when I get back access to the SMP machine.
> 
> > I'll try to get a dump of the exact error messages when I have access to 
> >   the box again in a few days.
> 
> Please.
> 
> Cheers.
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