Re: pthreads

[Paul Pluzhnikov]

Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov-nsp@charter.net> writes:

> Matthew Polder <matthewtunapolder@kodak.com> writes:

> > then it complains about not finding the pthreads library (I'm not sure
> > where it is).
> 
> That is even harder to believe, since on Solaris 5.8 libpthread.so
> is installed in /usr/lib by default.

I just realized why you don't find libpthread when you link with
'-pthreads': you probably are trying to link with '-static'.

On Solaris, libpthread.a does not exist and static linking of
threaded executables is not supported.

Further, static linking of executables on any UNIX is a bad idea(TM).

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