Updated.snap-2000-12-29

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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 

-                 PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2000-09-08

+                 PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2000-12-29

                  ----------------------------------

        Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/

       FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32

@@ -26,16 +26,37 @@ Change Summary (since the last snapshot)
 (See the ChangeLog file for details.)

 

 New:

--	New non-portable function (see the README file):

-		pthread_getw32threadhandle_np

+-	New non-portable functions for use when statically linking the library

+	(see the README file):

+		pthread_delay_np

+		pthread_win32_process_attach_np

+		pthread_win32_process_detach_np

+		pthread_win32_thread_attach_np

+		pthread_win32_thread_detach_np

+	Also, the start of support within the library for statically

+	linked applications, but this has not been tested by statically

+	linking yet.

+-	A fully working MinGW32 g++ compiled version of the library

+	is now supplied. To use with g++ compiled applications

+	please see the FAQ "How do I generate pthreadGCE.dll and

+	libpthreadw32.a for use with Mingw32", which you need to do

+	before compiling and linking applications as well.

+-	Unhandled exceptions, whether SEH or C++, are no longer

+	silently caught and ignored but are passed out of threads for

+	the system to deal with. C++ applications can override

+	the default termination handler via set_terminate().

+	set_terminate() works fine for MinGW32 g++ but not yet with MS VC++

+	(see known bugs (2)) even though it's the same code. See

+	tests/exception3.c for an example of using set_terminate().

 

 Bugs fixed:

--       Calling pthread_cancel from non-POSIX threads fixed.

--       Possible deadlock threat using pthread_cond_broadcast() reduced.

--	TSD key creation race condition;

--	Other potential race conditions

-	associated with initialising various

-	pthreads objects.

+-	Pthread_mutex_unlock() now returns EPERM if the unlocking

+	thread does not currently hold the thread.

+-	Args in the ctime_r macro in pthread.h are fixed.

+-	Made semaphore.h independent of config.h when building

+	applications. Don't know how this went unnoticed for so long

+	- the default defines must have been correct for my test

+	environment.

 

 Some new tests have been added.

 

@@ -45,17 +66,17 @@ Known bugs in this snapshot
 

 1. Asynchronous cancelation only works on Intel X86 machines.

 

-2. Running the test "join1.c" with the library built with Mingw32

-and the GNUmakefile included, the test fails with a segmentation (invalid

-page access) exception. The fault appears to be in the assembler code

-emmitted by the compiler [to handle exception contexts] at the

-end of the try block in ptw32_threadStart().

-

-3. There are problems using the libpthreadw32.a stub archive derived

-from either of pthreadVSE.dll or pthreadVCE.dll. The cleanup1.c test

-fails. This is now an expected result of having different EH and cleanup

-handler schemes in the library and application.

+2. Under MS VC++ (only tested with version 6.0), a term_func

+   set via the standard C++ set_terminate() function is not called

+   for some reason. The code - in private.c:ptw32_threadStart() -

+   makes an explicit call to terminate() which works as expected

+   under MinGW32 g++ doesn't appear to run the term_func under

+   MC VC++ 6.0.

 

+3. This is an interim snapshot as there are still some additional

+   patches to go in, eg. to fix problems with errno support under

+   some circumstances. Some people are seeing compile warnings

+   to do with _errno.

 

 Caveats

 -------

@@ -212,6 +233,11 @@ The following functions are implemented:
       ---------------------------

       pthread_mutexattr_setforcecs_np

       pthread_getw32threadhandle_np

+	pthread_delay_np

+	pthread_win32_process_attach_np

+	pthread_win32_process_detach_np

+	pthread_win32_thread_attach_np

+	pthread_win32_thread_detach_np

 

       ---------------------------

       Static Initializers (macros)

@@ -326,14 +352,13 @@ Application Development Environments
       

 MSVC:

 MSVC using SEH works.

-MSVC using C++ EH not tested.

+MSVC using C++ EH works.

+

+Mingw32:

+You need gcc-2.95.2-1 modified as per pthreads-win32 FAQ answer (6), with

+binutils-19990818-1 and msvcrt runtime-2000-03-27. Mingw32 must use

+the thread-safe MSVCRT library (see the FAQ).

 

-Mingw32: (ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/egcs-1.1.1/)

-Mingw32 must use the thread-safe MSVCRT library (see the FAQ). You can link

-against the export library libpthread32.a built under Mingw32

-but you must run your application with the version of pthread.dll built

-with MSVC. See the "Known bugs" section above.

-      

 Cygwin: (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/)

 Cygwin aims to provide a complete POSIX environment on top of Win32, including

 threads. When this is complete, developers using Cygwin will not need

@@ -341,17 +366,24 @@ pthreads-win32. At this time, Cygwin has preliminary support for multithreaded
 development, however, this is not turned on by default. We have not tested

 pthreads-win32 against Cygwin.

 

+UWIN:

+UWIN is a complete Unix-like environment for Windows from AT&T. Pthreads-win32

+doesn't currently support UWIN (and vice versa), but that may change in the

+future.

+

 Generally:

 For convenience, the following pre-built files are available on the FTP site

 (see Availability above):

 

-        pthread.h       - for POSIX 1c threads

-        semaphore.h     - for POSIX 1b semaphores

-        sched.h         - for POSIX 1b scheduling

-        pthread.dll     - built with MSVC cl compiler on NT4.0

-        pthread.lib     - built with MSVC cl compiler on NT4.0

-        libpthread32.a  - built with Mingw32 on Win98 (use with

-                          MSVC pthread.dll for runtime)

+	pthread.h		- for POSIX 1c threads

+	semaphore.h		- for POSIX 1b semaphores

+	sched.h		- for POSIX 1b scheduling

+	pthreadVCE.dll	- built with MSVC++ compiler using C++ EH

+	pthreadVCE.lib

+	pthreadVSE.dll	- built with MSVC compiler using SEH

+	pthreadVSE.lib

+	pthreadGCE.dll	- built with Mingw32 G++

+	libpthreadw32.a	- derived from pthreadGCE.dll

 

 These are the only files you need in order to build POSIX threads

 applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32.

@@ -359,15 +391,32 @@ applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32.
 See the FAQ file in the source tree for additional information.

 

 

-Building the library with MSVC

-------------------------------

+Building the library with MSVC from source

+------------------------------------------

+

+A simple makefile for building the library with MSVC is available. Just

+run nmake in a command shell in the pthreads source directory for targets

+to make either the VSE or VCE version of the library. Eg:

+

+	cd <PTHREADS_ROOT>\pthreads

+	nmake clean VSE

+or

+	nmake clean VCE

+

+There are currently no nmake targets to make statically linked

+versions of the library.

+

+Building the library with MinGW32 from source

+---------------------------------------------

+

+Run make in the pthreads source directory. Ie:

 

-A simple makefile for building the library with MSVC is available. The

-Makefile by default links the library to MSVCRT.DLL. If your application

-uses another C runtime library like LIBCMT.LIB, please edit the Makefile to

-avoid conflicts between C-libraries.

+	cd <PTHREADS_ROOT>\pthreads

+	make clean

+	make

 

-There is also a batch file "buildlib.bat" which will build the library.

+The GNU make utility will find the GNUmakefile in the pthreads source

+directory.

 

 

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