Re: VC2005 build and pthreads

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: VC2005 build and pthreads
Date: 2007-02-05 16:34:23
Message-ID: 6850.1170693263@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> That's true, but I think it would be worthwhile to invert the switch to
> be --disable-thread-safety, since the number of people who don't
> understand the problem far outweigh the cost of the switch.

I'd vote against that unless it were done only for Linux, and personally
I think a platform-dependent default for this might be unreasonably
confusing.

regards, tom lane

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