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> It works, you just have to compile it.
>
> wget http://home.broadpark.no/~gvanem/watt32s-2.2-dev.10.zip
> unzip watt32*.zip -d c:\watt32
> c:
> cd \watt32\src
> set WATT_ROOT=c:\watt32
> configur.bat djgpp
> make -f djgpp.mak

Thu 12/29/2011 14:11:59.21|C:\DJC462~1\pth\watt32\src|>make -f
djgpp.mak
../util/nasm32 -f bin -l asmpkt.lst -o asmpkt.bin asmpkt.nas
../util/bin2c asmpkt.bin > pkt_stub.h
'..' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
make: *** [pkt_stub.h] Error 1

Thu 12/29/2011 14:12:11.89|C:\DJC462~1\pth\watt32\src|>


> cd ..\lib
> dir *.a
> (ignore the warnings, wait a few minutes, voila! c:\watt32\lib
> \libwatt.a)
>
> > installed ls80 and all other libraries in DJGPP and gort this:
>
> > In file included from pthreads.cpp:1:0:
> > c:/djc462~1/include/pthread.h:115:53: fatal error: sys/wtime.h: No
> > such file or directory (ENOENT)
>
> > that header is not #included in the source file, so it is somewhere
> > within pthreads.h
>
> I have no idea, libsocket is old and maybe doesn't work too well in
> all cases. I only mentioned it for completeness. Don't use it. Use one
> of the others.
>
> > so I guess pthreads are officially dead on djgpp?
>
> No, they're undead (as I don't think they were ever barely working or
> supported anyways!).    ;-)
>
> > by the way, -pthreads switch gives an error in DJGPP and it should
> > not.
>
> Blame DJ.   ;-)   j/k
>
> > > > Sun 12/25/2011 22:05:23.65|C:\prj\test\djgpp|>
>
> > > > source code is an example fromhttps://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/pthreads/#Abstract
>
> > > Okay, but you're asking for complications which I can't help with. I'm
> > > don't grok multi-threading, sorry. It's a minefield.
>
> > as long as you know a few simple concepts, then you are safe with some
> > basic threading concepts.
>
> (joking)
> 1). If you think you need them, you don't.
> 2). It's tricky even for enlightened people, so don't waste your time.
> 3). Turbo Boost (tm) is your friend.
> 4). Be patient. Single-threaded isn't so bad.   ;-)
>
> > >http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/
>
> > thanks, I was looking elsewhere for documentation...  I thought pth
> > meant pthreads because they couldn't fit it into an 8.3 filename.
>
> Nope, apparently it's a portable library, e.g. used by GM2 (GNU
> Modula-2) for coroutines.
>
> > > You may have better luck trying FSU Pthreads (see p7zip 9.13) and/or
> > > the examples bundled with the Minix version of FSU (used with
> > > permission):
>
> Yes, do try FSU Pthreads, it has a makefile, it worked building last
> time I tried, but I never fooled with it much. It has to work somewhat
> as p7zip seems to (mostly) work with it (and no socket lib needed).
> Then try the (not really Minix) examples. And yes, *nix stuff is often
> hard to compile, but I can't help that.

can't seem to install it or use it, buggy makefiles
always throws errors because lint isn't there or some other thing.


nothing works, as usual, that isn't pre-compiled.
Jim Michaels