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| author | rpj <rpj> | 2001-06-05 09:00:46 +0000 | 
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| committer | rpj <rpj> | 2001-06-05 09:00:46 +0000 | 
| commit | 53e776ae8b7dc6b1d01a97834683c67429d9339c (patch) | |
| tree | 88b593de9b3d7ae5bb11520bac0606960ded87f7 /ANNOUNCE | |
| parent | b77a92d5dbb0147c8dd872c0be8f4fe73a750490 (diff) | |
Rix out-of-date information.
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| -rw-r--r-- | ANNOUNCE | 110 | 
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 55 deletions
| @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -
                   PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2001-06-04
                   ----------------------------------
         Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
 @@ -34,26 +33,28 @@ New:  	on the following processors: IX86, MIPS, ALPHA, PPC.
  	- contributors name misplaced (please contact me if it's you)
 --     New functions (no-ops) for source code compatibility:
 +-       New functions (no-ops) for source code compatibility:
                  pthread_getconcurrency()
                    	Returns the value previously set by
 -				pthread_setconcurrency() or 0 (zero)
 -				if no value was previously set.
 -				The implementation does not currently use
 -				this value.
 +			pthread_setconcurrency(), or 0 (zero)
 +			if no value was previously set.
 +			The implementation does not currently use
 +			this value.
                  pthread_setconcurrency()
                          Accepts any value >= 0 but does not
 -                        have any effect; returns '0' or
 +                        have any effect; returns '0', or
                          EINVAL if the value is < 0
                  pthread_attr_getscope()
                  pthread_attr_setscope()
                          Currently only return ENOSYS
 --     The following mutex types and related functions are now
 -      supported:
 +-       The following mutex types and related functions are now
 +        supported:
                  pthread_mutexattr_gettype()
                  pthread_mutexattr_settype()
 +                pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np()
 +                pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np()
                  PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
                  PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL or PTHREAD_MUTEX_FAST_NP
                  PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK or PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP
 @@ -61,9 +62,9 @@ New:  	The *_NP versions are for Linux portability.
 -      In this implementation PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is
 -      mapped to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL for compatibility
 -	with major Unix vendors. This is also the default
 +        In this implementation PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is
 +        mapped to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL for compatibility
 +        with major Unix vendors. This is also the default
  	if no type is specified.
  	Please note that the default behaviour in previous
 @@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ New:  	explicitly set the type of any mutexes that are, or
  	could be, locked recursively.
 -      PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL will cause thread deadlock
 -      if the owner of a mutex tries to relock it without
 -      first unlocking it. It has slightly less overhead
 +        PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL will cause thread deadlock
 +        if the owner of a mutex tries to relock it without
 +        first unlocking it. It has slightly less overhead
  	that other types.
          - Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
 --     Pthreads-win32 mutexes are now based on Win32
 -      critical sections for all Windows versions. The
 +-       Pthreads-win32 mutexes are now based on Win32
 +        critical sections for all Windows versions. The
  	implementation no longer depends on
  	TryEnterCriticalSection.
          - Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
 @@ -427,17 +428,24 @@ send email to:  Application Development Environments
  ------------------------------------
 +
 +See the README file for more information.
  MSVC:
  MSVC using SEH works. Distribute pthreadVSE.dll with your application.
  MSVC using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadVCE.dll with your application.
 +MSVC using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadVC.dll with your application.
 +
  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). You need to distribute
 -the gcc.dll DLL from Mingw32 with your application (as well as
 -pthreadGCE.dll of course).
 +the gcc.dll DLL from Mingw32 with your application.
 +
 +Mingw using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadGCE.dll with your application.
 +Mingw using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadGC.dll with your application.
 +
  Cygwin: (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/)
  Cygwin aims to provide a complete POSIX environment on top of Win32, including
 @@ -446,6 +454,7 @@ 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
 @@ -455,15 +464,20 @@ 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
 +	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
 +	pthreadVC.dll	- built with MSVC compiler using C setjmp/longjmp
 +	pthreadVC.lib
  	pthreadVSE.dll	- built with MSVC compiler using SEH
  	pthreadVSE.lib
 -	pthreadGCE.dll	- built with Mingw32 G++ 2.95.2-1 
 -	libpthreadw32.a	- derived from pthreadGCE.dll
 +	pthreadGCE.dll	- built with Mingw32 G++ 2.95.2-1
 +	pthreadGC.dll	- built with Mingw32 GCC 2.95.2-1 using setjmp/longjmp
 +	libpthreadGCE.a	- derived from pthreadGCE.dll
 +	libpthreadGC.a	- derived from pthreadGC.dll
 +        gcc.dll         - needed if distributing applications that use pthreadGCE.dll
  These are the only files you need in order to build POSIX threads
  applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32.
 @@ -471,34 +485,6 @@ applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32.  See the FAQ file in the source tree for additional information.
 -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:
 -
 -	cd <PTHREADS_ROOT>\pthreads
 -	make clean
 -	make
 -
 -The GNU make utility will find the GNUmakefile in the pthreads source
 -directory.
 -
 -
  Documentation
  -------------
 @@ -515,7 +501,11 @@ available:          Pthreads Programming
          By Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar & Jacqueline Proulx Farrell
          O'Reilly (pub)
 -      
 +
 +On the web: see the links at the bottom of the pthreads-win32 site:
 +
 +        http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
 +
  Acknowledgements
  ----------------
 @@ -523,15 +513,25 @@ Acknowledgements  This library is based substantially on a Win32 pthreads
  implementation contributed by John Bossom <John.Bossom@cognos.com>.
 -The implementation of condition variables is derived from the work
 -of Douglas Schmidt et al
 -(http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/win32-cv-1.html).
 +The implementation of Condition Variables uses algorithms developed
 +by Alexander Terekhov and Louis Thomas.
 +
 +The implementation of POSIX mutexes has been improved by Thomas Pfaff.
 +
 +The implementation of read/write locks was contributed by
 +Aurelio Medina and improved by Alexander Terekhov.
 +
 +Many others have contributed significant time and effort to solve critical
 +problems in order to make the library workable, robust and reliable.
  There is also a separate CONTRIBUTORS file. This file and others are
  on the web site:
          http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32
 +As much as possible, the ChangeLog file acknowledges contributions to the
 +code base in more detail.
 +
  Enjoy!
  Ross Johnson
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