X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:34:47 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how was debate on _GNU_SOURCE resolved? can't find pthread_getattr_np Message-ID: <20100327183447.GB13314@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20100327162944.GA13314@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:38:56PM -0400, mike marchywka wrote: >>I must be missing the joke. > >no, you finally answered the question. I didn't know they were non >existent until I checked the headers. Not being familiar with the >issue I thought they might exist if I set the flag. Function declarations which don't exist in any header file cannot show up when you set a flag. >>>Grepping through the pthread header however I don't see any indication >>>the things the compiler is complaining about exist. It seems however >>>the _GNU_SOURCE flag comes up in many headers in the include dir. >> >> You're conflating things here. This has nothing to do with _GNU_SOURCE. >> Defining _GNU_SOURCE isn't going to cause nonexistent functions to show >> up. The fact that you can't find the functions in a header file should >> be a clue. The functions simply don't exist on Cygwin. > >I could have missed something and maybe I just needed to install >something new or dropped a package- they didn't have to be in a pthread >header... . So I guess then the question is what replaces this or if >you have a link to the issues here- why aren't these part of cygwin? Why do you think? cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple