2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29b2289..4ad0356 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-07-24  Ben Elliston  <bje@cygnus.com>
+
+	* sync.c (pthread_detach): Close the Win32 thread handle to
+	emulate detached (or daemon) threads.
+
 Fri Jul 24 03:00:25 1998  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
 
 	* sync.c (pthread_join): Save valueptr arg in joinvalueptr for
diff --git a/sync.c b/sync.c
index e8262a6..2fc08ec 100644
--- a/sync.c
+++ b/sync.c
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ pthread_detach(pthread_t thread)
     {
       return EINVAL;
     }
-
-  /* FIXME: As far as I can determine we just no-op. */
+  
+  this->attr.detached = PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED;
+  if (CloseHandle(thread) != TRUE)
+    {
+      return ESRCH;
+    }
   return 0;
 }