Re: Thread-safe configuration option appears to

Would you send over a modified template/unixware and template/sco to at
least allow threading when enabled --- see linux or freebsd for examples
--- that is how we are enabling threading.

Are you saying you want that flag without --enable-thread-safety?

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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Monday, August 04, 2003 13:19:57 -0400 Bruce Momjian 
> <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> > Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> --On Monday, August 04, 2003 13:11:45 -0400 Bruce Momjian
> >> <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >> >> >> > We decided to make separate thread/nonthread libraries if the
> >> >> >> > threading requires any special flags --- we haven't done that
> >> >> >> > yet, and only configure controls it.
> >> >> >> That will be a POLA (principle of least astonishment) violation on
> >> >> >> UnixWare.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > When we have the capability to do dual library builds, we might
> >> >> > have a way to specify a threading flag that will apply to the main
> >> >> > libpq and not create a libpq_r.  If it is a good flag, can we use
> >> >> > it in the template file for all compiling?
> >> >> I **THINK** so.  What I'm thinking of is -D_REENTRANT for UnixWare
> >> >> especially for libpq.
> >> >>
> >> >> the --with-threads would cause ecpg to be compiled/linked as -lpthread
> >> >> in  addition to
> >> >> -D_REENTRANT
> >> >
> >> > Nope, we are not going to link with -lpthread unless it is enabled in
> >> > configure.
> >> Right.  but libpq should be built with -D_REENTRANT on UnixWare
> >> regardless  of the
> >> --with-threads.
> >
> > Well, let's see what additional functionality we need.  I am not
> > feeling too friendly on SCO/Unixware right now to jump through hoops.
> Let's not go there.  I'm not involved in the IP fight, but I am a USER on 
> that
> platform, and SCO is thinking ****SERIOUSLY**** about shipping PG on the 
> Platform
> as part of their extensions offering.
> 
> What the fr*** harm is it in passing -D_REENTRANT into the libpq build on 
> UnixWare
> irregardless of the --with-threads* flag?
> 
> Same argument for allowing the PORT to determine whether to allow/permit 
> the full
> pathname in for DT_SONAME.
> 
> Let's not run people off because of what the damn lawyers are doing.
> 
> LER
> 
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