Re: problem with threads.cmxa

[vicuna]

Original bug ID: 92
Reporter: administrator
Status: closed
Resolution: fixed
Priority: normal
Severity: minor
Category: ~DO NOT USE (was: OCaml general)

Bug description

I have converted Markus' pcre to ocaml 3.00 and managed to compile
the whole of Vyper using it, but I get the following during a link:
[I'm using native threads, or trying to]

Yes, this is a bug in the Makefile for native threads. The new
feature of remembering C library names in Caml libraries is nice, but
all hell breaks loose when the wrong C library name is stored in a
Caml library.

Quick workaround: manual override!

    ocamlopt.opt ... -noautolink ... threads.cmxa ... -cclib -lthreadsnat

Better fix: apply the patch below to otherlibs/systhreads/Makefile,
change to that directory, and do make clean all allopt install.

Thanks for the bug report,

• Xavier Leroy

Index: Makefile

RCS file: /net/pauillac/caml/repository/csl/otherlibs/systhreads/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -r1.20 Makefile
--- Makefile 2000/03/09 09:12:27 1.20
+++ Makefile 2000/04/27 08:21:42
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@

threads.cmxa: $(THREAD_OBJS:.cmo=.cmx)
$(CAMLOPT) -a -o threads.cmxa $(THREAD_OBJS:.cmo=.cmx) \

•      -cclib -lthreads -cclib -lunix $(PTHREAD_LINK)
  

•      -cclib -lthreadsnat -cclib -lunix $(PTHREAD_LINK)
  

$(THREAD_OBJS:.cmo=.cmx): ../../ocamlopt

[vicuna]

Comment author: administrator

Fixed 2000/04/27 by Xavier