[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Concerning libfst, vstserver, and dssi-vst - Linux-audio-user

12 Apr 2005

Paul Davis:
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  One thing that
distinguishes dssi-vst from vstserver and jack-fst is
that it manages threading in the Windows parts of the code using the
Windows threads API rather than pthreads, which means it ought not to
be sensitive to threading-related changes in Wine.  Of course, that's
only theory. 
the way wine now handles threading makes this point mostly moot. wine
completely overrides the pthread "vfunc" table for any NPTL system and
even (i think) newer linuxthreads ones. you may think your app calls
pthread code, but if its linked using winemaker, its not (at least,
not directly) :) and of course, the new version of fst will require
winemaker compilation as well. 
Yes, in theory, there should be no difference. But try to compile
a shared library that links to libwine and use pthread functions,
without linking with libpthread. This worked with wine 9.12.2003,
but not anylonger. I had to use some crazy hacks on wine to make vstserver
compile for about a year ago or something. And later it got worse
(unable to compile). The way wine/winemaker constantly changes is so
tiresome that I just don't want to touch it anymore. (Perhaps thing have
got better now, though.)

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