Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001221134346.027b7a40@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:46:19 -0500 To: acabrero , cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Using PThread dll with cygwin In-Reply-To: <3A421E9F.3220804B@laurel.datsi.fi.upm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:15 AM 12/21/2000, acabrero wrote: >Hi, >I have just found the PThread library for POSIX threads, and I'd like to >know if it's posible to use with Cygwin or if it isn't compatible. I >have read that there might be some problems becuase Cygwin's own POSIX >threads implementation, but I still need some functions provided in the >PTHREADS-WIN32 library that aren't implemented in Cygwin. >Thanks. > >Angel. You can check the mail archives yourself on this subject and draw your own conclusions but everything I've read on this subject indicates to me that the PThread library is not compatible/usable with Cygwin. Missing functionality in the Cygwin implementation needs to be added. Feel free to contribute pieces you see missing if you're so inclined. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple