Subject: Re: Updated: perl-5.8.0-1
From: Nicholas Wourms <[email-masked]>
To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <[email-masked]>, Waldemar Rachwal <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:58:31 -0700 (PDT)

--- "Gerrit P. Haase" <[email-masked]> wrote:
[SNIP]
> You asked:
> > Have you compiled this new perl with threading?
> 
> There is no threading in Cygwin Perl.
> 
> > In your excerpt of Perl 5.8.0 there is no mention of thread
> support
> > that itself seems to be the most visible in new perl.
> 
> Unfortunately this doesn't work (yet?).  If you are a threads
> expert
> please help to debug why we cannot build Perl with threading.
Gerrit,

I suspect either Robert Collins or Thomas Pfaff could answer your
question, as they appear to be the resident threads experts.  Perhaps
they can suggest a way or improve the cygwin dll in a way which would
support a threaded perl.

Cheers,
Nicholas

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