RE: pthreads

[Ossama Othman <othman@cs.wustl.edu>]

Hi Simon,

 > Thanks for the suggestion, I went to get the library. Unfortunately it is in
 > the unstable distribution, and this requires a 46MB update of my
 > installation (I don't have access to the CD distribution down here).
 > Secondly, this is a production server I am working on and I don't want to
 > update that without some serious testing. I updated to Debian 2.1 a couple
 > of weeks ago and had one or two little hiccups. Thirdly, even though the
 > library looks fascinating, all I really need at the moment is the name of
 > the library I require to enable pthreads for my application.
 
Hehe, I guess I let my enthusiasm get the best of me. :)

I guess someone already told you but just in case you need the
`-lpthread' library and define `_REENTRANT' in your application or on
the command line.

Have fun! :)

-Ossama