Re: BUG #3728: pthread autoconf hangs

heasley napsal(a):
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 3728
> Logged by: heasley
> Email address: heas(at)shrubbery(dot)net
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.10
> Operating system: sparc-sun-solaris2.9 gcc-4.1.1
> Description: pthread autoconf hangs
> Details:
>
> If the autoconf script ends-up with a CFLAGS that includes pthreads knobs,
> for example -DREENTRANT, it will try to find pthread_join() without linking
> in libpthread (ie: without gcc -pthread). The result is a conftest that
> hangs because it has some half-baked stub for (among others)
> pthread_create() that does nothing and thus it spins waiting for the
> thread{1,2}_done variables to be set by a threads that do not exist.
>
> squashing the result of the first check in config/acx_pthread.m4 allows it
> find the proper results.
>
> Sorry, I do not know the proper fix given all the platforms that need to
> coexist.

Please, can you provide ./configure cmd line and CFLAGS and other related
setting? Also some error output could help. Another question is gcc 4.1 is not
in Solaris 9. How did you install this version?

Zdenek