Re: 8.0.0beta2: gcc: unrecognized option `-pthreads'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.0.0beta2: gcc: unrecognized option `-pthreads'
Date: 2004-09-11 02:12:53
Message-ID: 5157.1094868773@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>>> No. The problem is that the test script just tries all options and if
>>> it doesn't error out, it uses it. Ideally we could test from configure
>>> and ingnore meaningless options but we don't know how yet.
>>
>> Drop any options that cause the compiler to write anything on stderr.

> OK, the configure test is:

BTW, I had some second thoughts about this later: if the compiler
generates warnings only for certain *combinations* of switches, it
seems likely that a simplistic test would get things wrong. Let's
try this patch, but be alert for possible problems.

regards, tom lane

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