Re: libpthread?

On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 11:54:45AM +0200, Matthias Schuendehuette wrote:

> I don't think that's intended. Am I overlooking something here? Is 
> 'libkse/libpthread' still not ready for KDE/GNOME and that's subject to 
> improve in the future? Is there a (usable) way to use 'libc_r' for KDE 
> *only* other than mapping each single KDE app seperately?

You need to rebuild all ports that link to thread libraries, or that
link to libraries that link to thread libraries. I tried doing this with
portupgrade -a, but had no luck. I ended up deleting all installed packages
and starting from scratch. After doing this, KDE - and everything
else I've tried - works perfectly with libpthread. I now have nothing at
all linking to libc_r, and I went as far as removing /usr/lib/libc_r*
to reassure myself of this.

If you're still having problems after rebuilding all your ports from
scratch, post to -current with more details, or submit a bug report.

> Perhaps someone is willing to explain and conclude the "do"s and 
> "don't"s around the different threading libraries (not only) to me.

The golden rule is: don't mix threading libraries within a program.
If a program is linked to libc_r, so must all the other thread-aware
libraries it links to be. The same goes for libpthread.

The silver rule is: if you're using the nvidia driver, set up
your libmap.conf so that everything gets linked to libc_r.


Tim