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@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@ -This directory contains an implementation of pthreads for Win32. +PTHREADS-WIN32 +============== + +Pthreads-win32 is free software, distributed under the GNU Library +General Public License (LGPL). See the file 'COPYING.LIB' for terms +and conditions. Mailing list ------------ -There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32 which is -managed by Majordomo. To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@air.net.au -and place the fllowing text in the message body: +There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32. To join, send +enail to: + + pthreads-win32-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com + - subscribe pthreads-win32 +Acknowledgements +---------------- +Pthreads-win32 is based substantially on a Win32 Pthreads implementation +contributed by John E. Bossom <jebossom@cognos.com>. -Building the library with Cygwin or Mingw32 ---------------------------------------------- -Feb 18, 1999 +See the 'MAINTAINERS' file for the list of contributors. -If you have a suitable environment then you can run the configure script, -otherwise you should edit "Makefile" and "config.h" as required. -gcc cannot be used because the library requires C++ EH. g++ must be usedi -(but see below). +Why you cannot build the library with Cygwin or Mingw32 +------------------------------------------------------- The DLL pthread.dll still cannot be built using g++ due to non thread-safe exception handling in g++. Thanks to Kevin Ruland for researching this |