On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 17:15:05 +0100 
 Tobias Seiler <tobias.seiler@privat.kkf.net> wrote:

 > I've run into the problem that the autoconf stuff is asking for a
 > libpthread, otherwise it wont work.
 > What I found out is that this is a library for creating ,handling and using
 > threads in POSIX style.
 > 
 > Can somebody tell me how to come around this problem on NetBSD ?

For now, install the PTL2 package, in pkgsrc/devel.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>