Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)

Olivier PRENANT wrote:

> Larry Rosenman wrote:
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>>> I am inclined to think yes. It would prevent uglification of the code
>>> by not having to special-case Unixware.
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>>> However, I was able to read the libc sources to confirm thread-safety.
>>> Because you can not see the source, would you try a threaded program
>>> and
>>> see if calls to getpwuid from different threads return different
>>> pointer values?
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>> It won't prove anything on MY box, as it is a UNIPROCESSOR, so the
>> threads won't be dispatched at the same time.
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> I have 2 bi-pro machines here both running unixware 7.1.3 I can make
> tests if you want
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>> It's ok to assume thread-safety, as the SCO developer (Kean Johnston)
>> asked the threads guys, and he said that the libc stuff is
>> thread-safe so they don't have to have 2 different versions in libc.
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>> LER
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If any one can write a program that can prove anything (I can't), I'm
willing to test it here on a bi-pro (bi PIII and bi-XEON with JT
enabled) running uw713.
Maybe it will end the discussion and make a point in either way. So that
we (you?) can move on with the other unixware patches.