Re: getaddrinfo() for threading instead of gethostbyname()

Thanks.  That's what I needed.  Yes, I left the stuff enabled becuase
the new test is pretty much the same as the old one, but some OS's might
pass the tests if they only failed on gethostbyname().

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Nigel J. Andrews wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > 
> > OK, the thread test program is read for platform testing,
> > src/tools/thread_test.  You will find the README, Makefile tests, and
> > program output to be very clear and almost error-proof.
> > 
> > Please run it on platforms we support and report back.  Thanks.
> 
> Debian linux
> kernel 2.2.x (- which was 2.0 or 2.2 of debian I think, can't remember)
> glibc 2.1.3
> gcc 2.95.2
> it looks like the thread stuff is enabled in ports/linux in cvs tip
> 
> hmmmm...
> 
> software@ponder:~/database/postgres/pgsql/src/tools/thread$ make
> gcc -O2 -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
-I../../../src/include-D_GNU_SOURCE   -c -o thread_test.o thread_test.c
 
> gcc -O2 -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
-L../../../src/port -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/stow/postgresql-7.3.4/lib -lpthread thread_test.o -lpam -lz -lreadline
-lcrypt-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm  -lpgport -o thread_test
 
> software@ponder:~/database/postgres/pgsql/src/tools/thread$ ./thread_test 
> Make sure you have added any needed 'THREAD_CPPFLAGS' and 'THREAD_LIBS'
> defines to your template/$port file before compiling this program.
> 
> Your gethostbyname() is _not_ thread-safe
> Your getpwuid() is _not_ thread-safe
> Not all non-*_r functions are thread-safe.
> Add this to your template/$port file:
> 
> NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=yes
> software@ponder:~/database/postgres/pgsql/src/tools/thread$ 
> 
> 
> Nigel
> 
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