[Buildroot] [PATCH] xlib_libpthread-stubs: needs -pthread when linking statically

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 17/02/13 18:38, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind),
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:50:22 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle
> (Essensium/Mind) wrote:
>> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" <arnout at mind.be>
>>
>> Fixes http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/392512cb348123d76962df02e38675a80eae41b1
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
>> ---
>> My gcc manual only documents the -pthread option for some architectures,
>> but it seems to work for x86, sh and arm as well.
>
> Thanks. However, I'd like to see if an upstream fix would not be more
> appropriate for this. If you look at the build log, it shows:
>
> checking for pthread_self... no
> checking for pthread_mutex_init... no
> checking for pthread_mutex_destroy... no
> checking for pthread_mutex_lock... no
> checking for pthread_mutex_unlock... no
> checking for pthread_cond_init... no
> checking for pthread_cond_destroy... no
> checking for pthread_condattr_init... no
> checking for pthread_condattr_destroy... no
> checking for pthread_cond_wait... no
> checking for pthread_cond_timedwait... no
> checking for pthread_cond_signal... no
> checking for pthread_cond_broadcast... no
> checking for pthread_equal... no
> checking for pthread_exit... no
>
> It is really those tests that are wrong I'd say. They should have
> detected that the C library provides the pthread functions.
>
> The AC_CHECK_FUNCS test in configure.ac checks those functions, but
> does not specify that those functions should be tested by linking
> against -lpthread. Wouldn't an upstreamable configure.ac patch be more
> appropriate here?

  Linking against -lpthread isn't enough, apparently.

  Many packages use the ACX_PTHREAD macro [1]. That is probably a 
possibility.

  Regards,
  Arnout

[1] http://ac-archive.sourceforge.net/ac-archive/acx_pthread.html

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