Re: enable thready safety on Mac OS X 10.3.4

wespvp@syntegra.com wrote:
> On 6/26/04 3:01 PM, "Keary Suska" <hierophant@pcisys.net> wrote:
>
> >> I attempted to compile 7.4.3 with enable-thread-safety but it fails and
> >> says it's not supported. My configure command was:
> >>
> >> ./configure --enable-thread-safety
> >
> > This is what I did for 10.3.4/7.4.2:
> >
> > 1. Enabled thread support in the platform template: src/template/darwin (see
> > src/tools/thread/README for info)
> >
> > 2. Configured/compiled
> >
> > 3. Ran the thread_test program that was created by compile (in
> > src/tools/thread)
> >
> > 4. Followed any recommendations output by the program
> >
> > 5. Re-configured/compiled
> >
> > Everything was fine.
>
> You shouldn't have to mess with template/darwin.  Back post 7.4.2 I went
> through a number of iterations with the developers on this and it was
> working out of the box.  They were in the process of rewriting the threads
> detection and configuration to be more clean and reliable.
>
> I just tried it from the CVS source and it worked fine, even after a 'make
> clean'.  However, when I download 7.4.3 and try it, I get the same error as
> you.  The darwin template is identical between the two.  I would have
> thought all those code changes would have been incorporated in 7.4.3.
>
> I think this requires some more investigation.  Mac OS X 10.3.x should be
> working off the bat.

The thread testing in 7.5 is dramatically different from 7.4 and can't
be backpatched.  What should I add to template/darwin for 7.4.4?

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