"Neal D. Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 23 August 2003 07:18 am, John Maddock wrote: >> > One more thing: what exactly can go wrong with 1.30.0 if >> > -pthread isn't used? Is it boost specific or a general thing >> > (e.g. issues w/ respect to libstdc++)? >> >> A general thing - without this then: >> >> Your std lib is not thread safe. >> Your C lib is not thread safe. >> g++ will not emit thread safe exception handling code. >> >> Thus while for C programs enabling thread support is just a question of >> linking to the right libraries, for C++ you also need to ensure that the >> compiler "knows" that you want thread safe code. >> > > You mean I can't just run bjam with no options and get the libs built with > thread support? I need to add a command-line option?
The libraries that require thread support will be built with thread support. The others will not, unless <threading>multi has been placed in their default-build settings; <threading>single is the global default. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost