Re: -pthread in Linux and CygWin

[steven woody]

On 9/20/06, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
> * steven woody wrote on Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 08:42:28AM CEST:
> > i have a project which need to be build both on linux and cygwin.  i
> > have to set the LDFLAGS = -pthread in linux but it leads an error in
> > cygwin.  can automake help me?  i inserted the LDFLAGS line in
> > Makefile.am.
>
> Well.  What are the requirements for your package?  Does it need POSIX
> threads?  Does it need some kind of thread support, and copes with the
> different kinds that exist?

yes, i need to use thread, that's why i need the -pthread option.

> For the simplest part, throw out the LDFLAGS setting in Makefile.am (if
> anything you should be setting AM_LDFLAGS; LDFLAGS is reserved for the
> user).  Then have the user on GNU/Linux do
>   ./configure LDFLAGS=-pthread

glad to know the method, i will try it! thank you very much.


> and on Cygwin
>   ./configure
>
> Depending on what your project copes with, you may want to take a look
> at the ACX_PTHREAD macro in the Autoconf Macro Archive:
> http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/acx_pthread.html
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf


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