Subject: Re: itimer, pthreads, and checkpointing
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/15/1999 14:19:04
On 14 Nov 1999, Michael Graff wrote:

> I'd like to go with #2, and splat on every man page that the interface
> is temporary, and it _will_ go away in a future release.  I personally
> need threads _now_  -- without them, I may have to install FreeBSD
> just so I can do work on bind9 without fighting with the OS.  And I
> think that would really suck.

I'd tend to vote for #3 (POSIX), but I'm not in a position to do anything
about it. :-) I think you should go with #2 unless someone offers to do
#3. Just mark it as "most likely going away".

Take care,

Bill