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Conference clt::cma

Title:	DECthreads Conference

Moderator:	PTHRED::MARYSTEON

Created:	Mon May 14 1990
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1553
Total number of notes:	9541

1472.0. "libthread or libthreads?" by BGSDEV::STAM (Darrell Stam, Learning how to talk to computers) Fri Jan 24 1997 13:58

I'm trying to isolate a bug in our program and it all comes down
to our use of the threads package.  I realize that threads have
changed between UNIX V3.2x and UNIX V4.0x versions.  In building
our project we use the -threads switch as one of the flags in the
CFLAGS line of our makefile.  Is this still necessary to use if
I'm building the project on a UNIX V4.0x system?

The second question is - what's the difference between
/usr/shlib/libpthreads.so and
/usr/shlib/libpthread.so?  Why are there two libraries and
which one should I be using - or should I be using both?

	 - Darrell

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1472.1		SMURF::DENHAM	Digital UNIX Kernel	`Fri Jan 24 1997 17:24`	12
	If you're still coding to the Draft 4 interfaces (pre-V4.0), then you need to use -threads on V4.0. That gets you the "legacy" treatment to support the old interfaces. The legacy layer is in libpthreads.so. The DECthreads "core" functions, which the legacy layer uses, are in libpthread.so. If you write a nice up-to-date POSIX.1c program on V4.0, you build with -pthread, and you'll be linked against libpthread.so. The libpthread library won't be used. Hope I've covered the issue. Well, OK for a kernel guy....
1472.2		DCETHD::BUTENHOF	Dave Butenhof, DECthreads	`Mon Jan 27 1997 07:57`	8
	> If you write a nice up-to-date POSIX.1c program on V4.0, you > build with -pthread, and you'll be linked against libpthread.so. > The libpthread library won't be used. Just so nobody gets confused, Jeff meant "The libpthreads library" won't be used, not "The libpthread library". /dave
1472.3	Nevermind! Just use the right switch.	WTFN::SCALES	Despair is appropriate and inevitable.	`Mon Jan 27 1997 11:01`	15
	.0> Is this still necessary to use if I'm building the project on a UNIX V4.0x .0> system? Yes, sadly, using a special switch to instruct the compiler that you are compiling/linking code for use with threads will probably always be necessary. .0> Why are there two libraries and which one should I be using - or should I be .0> using both? In general, you shouldn't care! As long as you are specifying the correct switch (either -thread or -pthread, whichever is appropriate), the compiler (driver) will select the appropriate library or libraries -for- you. Webb