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Re: ./configure and pthreads
- From: Brian Ford <Brian dot Ford at flightsafety dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:26:05 -0500
- Subject: Re: ./configure and pthreads
- References: <EINL3XK-000PLO-O9@mail2.learnquick.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Herb Martin wrote:
> I am attempting to ./configure 'dspam' for make
> on CygWin 1.5.18 (release with most all updates).
>
> ./configure --version
> dspam configure 3.6.rc3
> generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59
>
> ./configure gives this pthreads related error message:
>
> checking how you like your pthreads... unknown
> configure: error: Unable to determine how to compile with pthreads
>
> Sure I would love someone to just 'solve' this for me
> but what is the most useful way to diagnose (or learn
> to diagnose) this problem so that I may create a more
> useful report?
>
> (Although a developer, I admit to being mostly
> ignorant of make/configure issues...but I can learn.)
Look in the build directory for the file config.log, search for pthreads,
and find out what failed.
Sounds like their pthread detection macro is broken. I have one that
works fine on Cygwin.
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...
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