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Re: Updated: perl-5.8.0-1
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp at familiehaase dot de>, Waldemar Rachwal <Waldemar dot Rachwal at motorola dot com>, tpfaff at gmx dot net
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:58:31 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Updated: perl-5.8.0-1
--- "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp@familiehaase.de> 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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