[Mono-list] autogen.sh fails at pthread on cygwin

[Jim Richardson]

Well since I have been focusing my available time on the class library I am
not clear what area you are discussing, but I have a good deal of
multi-threading expericence on Win32. Point me in the right direction and
I'll be happy to pitch in.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com]On
> Behalf Of Miguel de Icaza
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:49 PM
> To: ndrochak@gol.com; dick@ximian.com
> Cc: Mono-List
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] autogen.sh fails at pthread on cygwin
>
>
>
> > Since pthread was added to the build on mono, I haven't been
> able to figure
> > out how to correct the failure I get:
> >
> > ...
> > checking for glib-config... /usr/local/bin/glib-config
> > checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.0... yes
> > checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... no
> > configure: error: Cannot find libpthread
> >
> > I found a pthread.h on my system in /user/include, but nothing
> that looks
> > like a library.  In glib there is libgthread, which seems
> similar, and this
> > error does come just after the GLIB check...
> >
> > Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
>
> I think that the test in configure.in should be replaced to not use
> pthreads on Windows and use the native Win32 threading operations
> instead.
>
> We have not coded support for other thread systems in the cvs yet,
> indeed, we could use some help by someone who knows the Win32 api.
>
> miguel.
>
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