Lee Kindness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane writes: > > Okay, so it seems -D_REENTRANT is the appropriate fix. > > > > We could either add that to the template/solaris file, or just add a > > note to FAQ_Solaris advising that it be added to the configure switches > > if people intend to use libpq in threaded programs. Is there any > > cost or downside to just adding it always in template/solaris? > > However, _REENTRANT is not a Solarisism... On all (recent) UNIX > systems it toggles on correct handling for thread specific instances > of historically global variables (eg errno). It should be considered > for all platforms if libpq is intended to be used from threaded > programs.
I know libpq is "officially" non-threadsafe, but is there anything in there that would actually cause a problem, assuming either a connection per thread or proper locking on the application's part? Most of the data in the library seems to be per-connection... -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])