Re: BUG #2436: cannot --enable-thread-safety on -lpthread host

As given in my OS info, this isn't FC4.  The configure script fails
to enable threading in Debian Sarge.

On May 15, 2006, at 6:48 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Paul Forgey" <paulf@aphrodite.com> writes:
>> Linux supplies -lpthread.  The configure script seems to only look
>> for
>> -lpthreads and then give up.
>
> Say again?  I get this configure trace on Fedora 4:
>
> checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
> checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
> checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
> checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
> checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
> checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
> checking whether pthreads work with -pthreads... no
> checking whether pthreads work with -mthreads... no
> checking for the pthreads library -lpthread... yes
> checking whether pthreads work with --thread-safe... no
> checking whether pthreads work with -mt... no
> checking for the pthreads library -lpthreadGC2... no
> checking pthread.h usability... yes
> checking pthread.h presence... yes
> checking for pthread.h... yes
>
>             regards, tom lane