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diff --git a/devel/linuxthreads/files/README.FreeBSD b/devel/linuxthreads/files/README.FreeBSD index 31b59b43b2b4..4a85faf0b40b 100644 --- a/devel/linuxthreads/files/README.FreeBSD +++ b/devel/linuxthreads/files/README.FreeBSD @@ -91,7 +91,25 @@ set at 20 + 16 * MAXUSERS. library causes the liblgcc_r.a version of those functions to be used. Use liblstdc++ and liblsupc++. -4) Exit handling is broken. + Experimental wrapper support: + + If the linuxthreads library has been compiled with + LINUXTHREADS_WRAP_API defined in the ports makefile then + the API functions are internally prefixed with linuxthreads_ + to avoid conflict with native threads. Weak symbols without + that prefix points to the wrapper functions (internally + prefixed by _) that makes the linuxthreads functions available + with the native threads API. Applications including the + linuxthreads version of pthread.h will try to call the + prefixed methods (e.g. linuxthreads_pthread_create) while + applications including the native pthread.h will use the + wrapper functions. This allows for some level of coexistence + of libraries compiled with linuxthreads header file and + libraries compiled with native threads header files as long + as none of the pthread data types leaks out as function arguments + or structure members. + +5) Exit handling is broken. If the linuxthreads library has been compiled with LINUXTHREADS_DETECT_UNSAFE_EXIT defined in the ports makefile then |