[linux-audio-dev] GThread vs. pthread

[Pete Bessman]

At 12 Jun 2004 00:09:05 -0500,
Jack O'Quin wrote:
> 
> Pete Bessman <ninjadroid at gazuga.net> writes:
> 
> > One more point in favor of GThread I just figured out is config
> > testing for it.  All you have to do is at a pkg-config check for
> > gthread-2.0 and your set.  Having glanced through other programs,
> > checking for pthreads seems a bit more involved than I care to be
> > (read: not at all, I hate the fscking autotools).  So, I think
> > I'll roll with GThread.
> 
> Not a very strong reason.  Checking for pthreads is a little tricky,
> but hardly rocket science.  These checks (from JACK) work for quite a
> few platforms, though I'm sure there are others one could add...
> 
> AC_CHECK_HEADER(/usr/include/nptl/pthread.h,
> 	[CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/usr/include/nptl"])
> 
> AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, [],
>     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, [],
> 	AC_MSG_ERROR([*** JACK requires POSIX threads support])))

Touche.  Since you did all the hard work for me, and pthreads isn't
OOPy like GThreads, I'll stick with pthreads :-)

> There is also a conditional check for pthread_barrier_init().

Well, I don't even know wtf that is, so I think I'll be ok without it.

[pb]