Re: xf86-video-intel vs pthreads

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20110603131540.GF745511%qnx.com@localhost>,
Sean Boudreau  <seanb%qnx.com@localhost> wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 08:54:13AM -0400, OBATA Akio wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:43:53 +0900, Sean Boudreau <seanb%qnx.com@localhost> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > My first thought was only $(PTHREAD_LIBS), but why is
>> > PTHREAD_LIBS empty on NetBSD?
>> 
>> Because with -pthread linker flag, pthread library will be linked on
>> NetBSD,
>> so no need to specify pthread library with -lpthread.
>
>Would it hurt though?  Here they're really listing libs,
>not linker flags.

It is wrong from a portability perspective. Specifying -pthread in the compiler
line is supposed to take care of all compilation and linking flags. Adding
extra's might break things.

christos