From 02e7959e7ed71198a45a8fceab0076b352430764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rpj Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 03:38:33 +0000 Subject: Thu Dec 3 13:32:00 1998 Ross Johnson * README: Correct cygwin32 compatibility statement. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3a9efff..3058f7e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ pointer to a function. Call _pthread_try_enter_critical_section instead of TryEnterCriticalSection to avoid errors on Win95. +Thu Dec 3 13:32:00 1998 Ross Johnson + + * README: Correct cygwin32 compatibility statement. + Sun Nov 15 21:24:06 1998 Ross Johnson * cleanup.c (_pthread_destructor_run_all): Declare missing void * arg. diff --git a/README b/README index d95b951..a7de2e1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 + -- cgit v1.2.3