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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: [patch] acx_pthread.m4 and ac_compile_check_siz
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Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: [patch] acx_pthread.m4 and ac_compile_check_sizeof.m4 |
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Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:00:11 +0200 (CEST) |
In message <address@hidden> on 04 Jun 2006 17:56:03 +0200, Peter Simons
<address@hidden> said:
simons> Richard Levitte writes:
simons>
simons> > Considering monotone doesn't use threads at all, I'm
simons> > surprised acx_pthread.m4 is there at all!
simons>
simons> The configure script checks for pthread_mutex_lock() because:
simons>
simons> | # We don't use threads, but some Boost libraries make locking calls
simons> | # anyway. So we need to ensure that these symbols are available.
But
simons> | # It's okay if they're just stubs.
simons>
simons> ACX_PTHREAD is used as a fallback, it usually won't be run. I
simons> don't know whether having ACX_PTHREAD is strictly necessary, but
simons> it feels like there is little to lose by having it.
Aha, OK, hadn't noticed that one. Thanks.
I'll be happy to apply your patch then.
Cheers,
Richard
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