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| author | rpj <rpj> | 1998-12-06 03:38:33 +0000 |
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| committer | rpj <rpj> | 1998-12-06 03:38:33 +0000 |
| commit | 02e7959e7ed71198a45a8fceab0076b352430764 (patch) | |
| tree | 1eeb9c5213ef2aa3c9e6775ea4ac6deb0a4c14a1 /README | |
| parent | 737e67dda7d7a2c4832e2d42132fd2fa3b211de5 (diff) | |
Thu Dec 3 13:32:00 1998 Ross Johnson <rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au>
* README: Correct cygwin32 compatibility statement.
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@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@ -This directory contains an implementation of pthreads for Win32. If -desired, it can work with the Cygwin32 porting layer to provide closer -POSIX standards conformance (ie. by providing process control). +This directory contains an implementation of pthreads for Win32. There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32 which is manually operated at present. Send mail to postmaster@air.net.au to request that you be subscribed. ---- -Ben Elliston -bje@cygnus.com + +Building the library with Cygwin32 or Mingw32 +--------------------------------------------- +Dec 2 1998 + +The package cannot yet be built using cygwin32 or mingw32 because +the win32 compatibility stub libraries that come with those tools generate +their stub library function calls from the Win95 dll set +which don't include the _beginthreadx or _endthreadx functions used in this +package. + +A precompiled DLL and matching include file can be found at: + ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/pthreads-win32 + +Home page: + http://sourceware.cygnus.com/pthreads-win32/ + +---- +Ross Johnson +<rpj@ise.canberra.edu.au> |