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diff --git a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE index 97d94e702..703070d1a 100644 --- a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE +++ b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,476 +1,476 @@ - PTHREADS-WIN32 RELEASE 2.8.0 (2006-12-22) - ----------------------------------------- - Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ - FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32 - Maintainer: Ross Johnson <rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au> - - -We are pleased to announce the availability of a new release of -Pthreads-win32, an Open Source Software implementation of the -Threads component of the POSIX 1003.1 2001 Standard for Microsoft's -Win32 environment. Some functions from other sections of POSIX -1003.1 2001 are also supported including semaphores and scheduling -functions. - -Some common non-portable functions are also implemented for -additional compatibility, as are a few functions specific -to pthreads-win32 for easier integration with Win32 applications. - -Pthreads-win32 is free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser -General Public License (LGPL). - - -Acknowledgements ----------------- -This library is based originally on a Win32 pthreads -implementation contributed by John Bossom <John.Bossom@cognos.com>. - -The implementation of Condition Variables uses algorithms developed -by Alexander Terekhov and Louis Thomas. - -The implementation of POSIX mutexes has been improved by Thomas Pfaff -and later by Alexander Terekhov. - -The implementation of Spinlocks and Barriers was contributed -by Ross Johnson. - -The implementation of read/write locks was contributed by -Aurelio Medina and improved by Alexander Terekhov. - -Many others have contributed significant time and effort to solve crutial -problems in order to make the library workable, robust and reliable. - -Thanks to Xavier Leroy for granting permission to use and modify his -LinuxThreads manual pages. - -Thanks to The Open Group for making the Single Unix Specification -publicly available - many of the manual pages included in the package -were extracted from it. - -There is also a separate CONTRIBUTORS file. This file and others are -on the web site: - - http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32 - -As much as possible, the ChangeLog file acknowledges contributions to the -code base in more detail. - - -Changes since the last release ------------------------------- -These are now documented in the NEWS file. -See the ChangeLog file also. - - -Known Bugs ----------- -These are now documented in the BUGS file. - - -Level of standards conformance ------------------------------- - -The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to 200112L: - - _POSIX_THREADS - _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS - _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE - _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING - _POSIX_SEMAPHORES - _POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS - _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS - _POSIX_BARRIERS - - -The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to -1: - - _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR - _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT - _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_PROTECT - _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED - - -The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 limits are defined and set: - - _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX - _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX - _POSIX_SEM_NSEMS_MAX - _POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX - _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS - PTHREAD_STACK_MIN - PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX - SEM_VALUE_MAX - SEM_NSEMS_MAX - PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX - PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS - - -The following functions are implemented: - - --------------------------- - PThreads - --------------------------- - pthread_attr_init - pthread_attr_destroy - pthread_attr_getdetachstate - pthread_attr_getstackaddr - pthread_attr_getstacksize - pthread_attr_setdetachstate - pthread_attr_setstackaddr - pthread_attr_setstacksize - - pthread_create - pthread_detach - pthread_equal - pthread_exit - pthread_join - pthread_once - pthread_self - - pthread_cancel - pthread_cleanup_pop - pthread_cleanup_push - pthread_setcancelstate - pthread_setcanceltype - pthread_testcancel - - --------------------------- - Thread Specific Data - --------------------------- - pthread_key_create - pthread_key_delete - pthread_setspecific - pthread_getspecific - - --------------------------- - Mutexes - --------------------------- - pthread_mutexattr_init - pthread_mutexattr_destroy - pthread_mutexattr_getpshared - pthread_mutexattr_setpshared - pthread_mutexattr_gettype - pthread_mutexattr_settype (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT - PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL - PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK - PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE ) - pthread_mutex_init - pthread_mutex_destroy - pthread_mutex_lock - pthread_mutex_trylock - pthread_mutex_timedlock - pthread_mutex_unlock - - --------------------------- - Condition Variables - --------------------------- - pthread_condattr_init - pthread_condattr_destroy - pthread_condattr_getpshared - pthread_condattr_setpshared - - pthread_cond_init - pthread_cond_destroy - pthread_cond_wait - pthread_cond_timedwait - pthread_cond_signal - pthread_cond_broadcast - - --------------------------- - Read/Write Locks - --------------------------- - pthread_rwlock_init - pthread_rwlock_destroy - pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock - pthread_rwlock_trywrlock - pthread_rwlock_rdlock - pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock - pthread_rwlock_rwlock - pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock - pthread_rwlock_unlock - pthread_rwlockattr_init - pthread_rwlockattr_destroy - pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared - pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared - - --------------------------- - Spin Locks - --------------------------- - pthread_spin_init - pthread_spin_destroy - pthread_spin_lock - pthread_spin_unlock - pthread_spin_trylock - - --------------------------- - Barriers - --------------------------- - pthread_barrier_init - pthread_barrier_destroy - pthread_barrier_wait - pthread_barrierattr_init - pthread_barrierattr_destroy - pthread_barrierattr_getpshared - pthread_barrierattr_setpshared - - --------------------------- - Semaphores - --------------------------- - sem_init - sem_destroy - sem_post - sem_wait - sem_trywait - sem_timedwait - sem_getvalue (# free if +ve, # of waiters if -ve) - sem_open (returns an error ENOSYS) - sem_close (returns an error ENOSYS) - sem_unlink (returns an error ENOSYS) - - --------------------------- - RealTime Scheduling - --------------------------- - pthread_attr_getschedparam - pthread_attr_setschedparam - pthread_attr_getinheritsched - pthread_attr_setinheritsched - pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER) - pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER) - pthread_getschedparam - pthread_setschedparam - pthread_getconcurrency - pthread_setconcurrency - pthread_attr_getscope - pthread_attr_setscope (only supports PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM) - sched_get_priority_max - sched_get_priority_min - sched_rr_get_interval (returns an error ENOTSUP) - sched_setscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) - sched_getscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) - sched_yield - - --------------------------- - Signals - --------------------------- - pthread_sigmask - pthread_kill (only supports zero sig value, - for thread validity checking) - - --------------------------- - Non-portable routines (see the README.NONPORTABLE file for usage) - --------------------------- - pthread_getw32threadhandle_np - pthread_timechange_handler_np - pthread_delay_np - pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np - pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_FAST_NP, - PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP, - PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP, - PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP, - PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMED_NP) - pthread_num_processors_np - pthread_win32_process_attach_np (Required when statically linking - the library) - pthread_win32_process_detach_np (Required when statically linking - the library) - pthread_win32_thread_attach_np (Required when statically linking - the library) - pthread_win32_thread_detach_np (Required when statically linking - the library) - - --------------------------- - Static Initializers - --------------------------- - PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT - PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER - PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER - PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP - PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER - PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP - PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER - PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER - PTHREAD_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER - - --------------------------- - Thread-Safe C Runtime Library (macros) - --------------------------- - strtok_r - asctime_r - ctime_r - gmtime_r - localtime_r - rand_r - - -The following functions are not implemented: - - --------------------------- - RealTime Scheduling - --------------------------- - pthread_mutex_getprioceiling - pthread_mutex_setprioceiling - pthread_mutex_attr_getprioceiling - pthread_mutex_attr_getprotocol - pthread_mutex_attr_setprioceiling - pthread_mutex_attr_setprotocol - - --------------------------- - Fork Handlers - --------------------------- - pthread_atfork - - --------------------------- - Stdio - --------------------------- - flockfile - ftrylockfile - funlockfile - getc_unlocked - getchar_unlocked - putc_unlocked - putchar_unlocked - - --------------------------- - Thread-Safe C Runtime Library - --------------------------- - readdir_r - getgrgid_r - getgrnam_r - getpwuid_r - getpwnam_r - - --------------------------- - Signals - --------------------------- - sigtimedwait - sigwait - sigwaitinfo - - --------------------------- - General - --------------------------- - sysconf - -The library includes two non-API functions for creating cancellation -points in applications and libraries: - - pthreadCancelableWait - pthreadCancelableTimedWait - - -Availability ------------- - -The prebuilt DLL, export libs (for both MSVC and Mingw32), and the header -files (pthread.h, semaphore.h, sched.h) are available along with the -complete source code. - -The source code can be found at: - - ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32 - -and as individual source code files at - - ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/source - -The pre-built DLL, export libraries and include files can be found at: - - ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/dll-latest - - - -Mailing List ------------- - -There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32. To join, -send email to: - - pthreads-win32-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com - - -Application Development Environments ------------------------------------- - -See the README file for more information. - -MSVC: -MSVC using SEH works. Distribute pthreadVSE.dll with your application. -MSVC using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadVCE.dll with your application. -MSVC using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadVC.dll with your application. - - -Mingw32: -See the FAQ, Questions 6 and 10. - -Mingw using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadGCE.dll with your application. -Mingw using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadGC.dll with your application. - - -Cygwin: (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/) -Developers using Cygwin will not need pthreads-win32 since it has POSIX threads -support. Refer to its documentation for details and extent. - - -UWIN: -UWIN is a complete Unix-like environment for Windows from AT&T. Pthreads-win32 -doesn't currently support UWIN (and vice versa), but that may change in the -future. - -Generally: -For convenience, the following pre-built files are available on the FTP site -(see Availability above): - - pthread.h - for POSIX 1c threads - semaphore.h - for POSIX 1b semaphores - sched.h - for POSIX 1b scheduling - pthreadVCE.dll - built with MSVC++ compiler using C++ EH - pthreadVCE.lib - pthreadVC.dll - built with MSVC compiler using C setjmp/longjmp - pthreadVC.lib - pthreadVSE.dll - built with MSVC compiler using SEH - pthreadVSE.lib - pthreadGCE.dll - built with Mingw32 G++ 2.95.2-1 - pthreadGC.dll - built with Mingw32 GCC 2.95.2-1 using setjmp/longjmp - libpthreadGCE.a - derived from pthreadGCE.dll - libpthreadGC.a - derived from pthreadGC.dll - gcc.dll - needed if distributing applications that use - pthreadGCE.dll (but see the FAQ Q 10 for the latest - related information) - -These are the only files you need in order to build POSIX threads -applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32. - -See the FAQ file in the source tree for additional information. - - -Documentation -------------- - -For the authoritative reference, see the online POSIX -standard reference at: - - http://www.OpenGroup.org - -For POSIX Thread API programming, several reference books are -available: - - Programming with POSIX Threads - David R. Butenhof - Addison-Wesley (pub) - - Pthreads Programming - By Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar & Jacqueline Proulx Farrell - O'Reilly (pub) - -On the web: see the links at the bottom of the pthreads-win32 site: - - http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ - - Currently, there is no documentation included in the package apart - from the copious comments in the source code. - - - -Enjoy! - -Ross Johnson + PTHREADS-WIN32 RELEASE 2.9.0 (2007-??-??)
+ -----------------------------------------
+ Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
+ FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32
+ Maintainer: Ross Johnson <rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au>
+
+
+We are pleased to announce the availability of a new release of
+Pthreads-win32, an Open Source Software implementation of the
+Threads component of the POSIX 1003.1 2001 Standard for Microsoft's
+Win32 environment. Some functions from other sections of POSIX
+1003.1 2001 are also supported including semaphores and scheduling
+functions.
+
+Some common non-portable functions are also implemented for
+additional compatibility, as are a few functions specific
+to pthreads-win32 for easier integration with Win32 applications.
+
+Pthreads-win32 is free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser
+General Public License (LGPL).
+
+
+Acknowledgements
+----------------
+This library is based originally on a Win32 pthreads
+implementation contributed by John Bossom <John.Bossom@cognos.com>.
+
+The implementation of Condition Variables uses algorithms developed
+by Alexander Terekhov and Louis Thomas.
+
+The implementation of POSIX mutexes has been improved by Thomas Pfaff
+and later by Alexander Terekhov.
+
+The implementation of Spinlocks and Barriers was contributed
+by Ross Johnson.
+
+The implementation of read/write locks was contributed by
+Aurelio Medina and improved by Alexander Terekhov.
+
+Many others have contributed significant time and effort to solve crutial
+problems in order to make the library workable, robust and reliable.
+
+Thanks to Xavier Leroy for granting permission to use and modify his
+LinuxThreads manual pages.
+
+Thanks to The Open Group for making the Single Unix Specification
+publicly available - many of the manual pages included in the package
+were extracted from it.
+
+There is also a separate CONTRIBUTORS file. This file and others are
+on the web site:
+
+ http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32
+
+As much as possible, the ChangeLog file acknowledges contributions to the
+code base in more detail.
+
+
+Changes since the last release
+------------------------------
+These are now documented in the NEWS file.
+See the ChangeLog file also.
+
+
+Known Bugs
+----------
+These are now documented in the BUGS file.
+
+
+Level of standards conformance
+------------------------------
+
+The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to 200112L:
+
+ _POSIX_THREADS
+ _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS
+ _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE
+ _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
+ _POSIX_SEMAPHORES
+ _POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS
+ _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS
+ _POSIX_BARRIERS
+
+
+The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to -1:
+
+ _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR
+ _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT
+ _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_PROTECT
+ _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
+
+
+The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 limits are defined and set:
+
+ _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX
+ _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX
+ _POSIX_SEM_NSEMS_MAX
+ _POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX
+ _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS
+ PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
+ PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX
+ SEM_VALUE_MAX
+ SEM_NSEMS_MAX
+ PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX
+ PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS
+
+
+The following functions are implemented:
+
+ ---------------------------
+ PThreads
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_attr_init
+ pthread_attr_destroy
+ pthread_attr_getdetachstate
+ pthread_attr_getstackaddr
+ pthread_attr_getstacksize
+ pthread_attr_setdetachstate
+ pthread_attr_setstackaddr
+ pthread_attr_setstacksize
+
+ pthread_create
+ pthread_detach
+ pthread_equal
+ pthread_exit
+ pthread_join
+ pthread_once
+ pthread_self
+
+ pthread_cancel
+ pthread_cleanup_pop
+ pthread_cleanup_push
+ pthread_setcancelstate
+ pthread_setcanceltype
+ pthread_testcancel
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Thread Specific Data
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_key_create
+ pthread_key_delete
+ pthread_setspecific
+ pthread_getspecific
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Mutexes
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_mutexattr_init
+ pthread_mutexattr_destroy
+ pthread_mutexattr_getpshared
+ pthread_mutexattr_setpshared
+ pthread_mutexattr_gettype
+ pthread_mutexattr_settype (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE )
+ pthread_mutex_init
+ pthread_mutex_destroy
+ pthread_mutex_lock
+ pthread_mutex_trylock
+ pthread_mutex_timedlock
+ pthread_mutex_unlock
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Condition Variables
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_condattr_init
+ pthread_condattr_destroy
+ pthread_condattr_getpshared
+ pthread_condattr_setpshared
+
+ pthread_cond_init
+ pthread_cond_destroy
+ pthread_cond_wait
+ pthread_cond_timedwait
+ pthread_cond_signal
+ pthread_cond_broadcast
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Read/Write Locks
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_rwlock_init
+ pthread_rwlock_destroy
+ pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock
+ pthread_rwlock_trywrlock
+ pthread_rwlock_rdlock
+ pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock
+ pthread_rwlock_rwlock
+ pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock
+ pthread_rwlock_unlock
+ pthread_rwlockattr_init
+ pthread_rwlockattr_destroy
+ pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
+ pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Spin Locks
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_spin_init
+ pthread_spin_destroy
+ pthread_spin_lock
+ pthread_spin_unlock
+ pthread_spin_trylock
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Barriers
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_barrier_init
+ pthread_barrier_destroy
+ pthread_barrier_wait
+ pthread_barrierattr_init
+ pthread_barrierattr_destroy
+ pthread_barrierattr_getpshared
+ pthread_barrierattr_setpshared
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Semaphores
+ ---------------------------
+ sem_init
+ sem_destroy
+ sem_post
+ sem_wait
+ sem_trywait
+ sem_timedwait
+ sem_getvalue (# free if +ve, # of waiters if -ve)
+ sem_open (returns an error ENOSYS)
+ sem_close (returns an error ENOSYS)
+ sem_unlink (returns an error ENOSYS)
+
+ ---------------------------
+ RealTime Scheduling
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_attr_getschedparam
+ pthread_attr_setschedparam
+ pthread_attr_getinheritsched
+ pthread_attr_setinheritsched
+ pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER)
+ pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER)
+ pthread_getschedparam
+ pthread_setschedparam
+ pthread_getconcurrency
+ pthread_setconcurrency
+ pthread_attr_getscope
+ pthread_attr_setscope (only supports PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM)
+ sched_get_priority_max
+ sched_get_priority_min
+ sched_rr_get_interval (returns an error ENOTSUP)
+ sched_setscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER)
+ sched_getscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER)
+ sched_yield
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Signals
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_sigmask
+ pthread_kill (only supports zero sig value,
+ for thread validity checking)
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Non-portable routines (see the README.NONPORTABLE file for usage)
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_getw32threadhandle_np
+ pthread_timechange_handler_np
+ pthread_delay_np
+ pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np
+ pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_FAST_NP,
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP,
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP,
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP,
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMED_NP)
+ pthread_num_processors_np
+ pthread_win32_process_attach_np (Required when statically linking
+ the library)
+ pthread_win32_process_detach_np (Required when statically linking
+ the library)
+ pthread_win32_thread_attach_np (Required when statically linking
+ the library)
+ pthread_win32_thread_detach_np (Required when statically linking
+ the library)
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Static Initializers
+ ---------------------------
+ PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
+ PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
+ PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Thread-Safe C Runtime Library (macros)
+ ---------------------------
+ strtok_r
+ asctime_r
+ ctime_r
+ gmtime_r
+ localtime_r
+ rand_r
+
+
+The following functions are not implemented:
+
+ ---------------------------
+ RealTime Scheduling
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_mutex_getprioceiling
+ pthread_mutex_setprioceiling
+ pthread_mutex_attr_getprioceiling
+ pthread_mutex_attr_getprotocol
+ pthread_mutex_attr_setprioceiling
+ pthread_mutex_attr_setprotocol
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Fork Handlers
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_atfork
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Stdio
+ ---------------------------
+ flockfile
+ ftrylockfile
+ funlockfile
+ getc_unlocked
+ getchar_unlocked
+ putc_unlocked
+ putchar_unlocked
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Thread-Safe C Runtime Library
+ ---------------------------
+ readdir_r
+ getgrgid_r
+ getgrnam_r
+ getpwuid_r
+ getpwnam_r
+
+ ---------------------------
+ Signals
+ ---------------------------
+ sigtimedwait
+ sigwait
+ sigwaitinfo
+
+ ---------------------------
+ General
+ ---------------------------
+ sysconf
+
+The library includes two non-API functions for creating cancellation
+points in applications and libraries:
+
+ pthreadCancelableWait
+ pthreadCancelableTimedWait
+
+
+Availability
+------------
+
+The prebuilt DLL, export libs (for both MSVC and Mingw32), and the header
+files (pthread.h, semaphore.h, sched.h) are available along with the
+complete source code.
+
+The source code can be found at:
+
+ ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32
+
+and as individual source code files at
+
+ ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/source
+
+The pre-built DLL, export libraries and include files can be found at:
+
+ ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/dll-latest
+
+
+
+Mailing List
+------------
+
+There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32. To join,
+send email to:
+
+ pthreads-win32-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com
+
+
+Application Development Environments
+------------------------------------
+
+See the README file for more information.
+
+MSVC:
+MSVC using SEH works. Distribute pthreadVSE.dll with your application.
+MSVC using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadVCE.dll with your application.
+MSVC using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadVC.dll with your application.
+
+
+Mingw32:
+See the FAQ, Questions 6 and 10.
+
+Mingw using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadGCE.dll with your application.
+Mingw using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadGC.dll with your application.
+
+
+Cygwin: (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/)
+Developers using Cygwin will not need pthreads-win32 since it has POSIX threads
+support. Refer to its documentation for details and extent.
+
+
+UWIN:
+UWIN is a complete Unix-like environment for Windows from AT&T. Pthreads-win32
+doesn't currently support UWIN (and vice versa), but that may change in the
+future.
+
+Generally:
+For convenience, the following pre-built files are available on the FTP site
+(see Availability above):
+
+ pthread.h - for POSIX 1c threads
+ semaphore.h - for POSIX 1b semaphores
+ sched.h - for POSIX 1b scheduling
+ pthreadVCE.dll - built with MSVC++ compiler using C++ EH
+ pthreadVCE.lib
+ pthreadVC.dll - built with MSVC compiler using C setjmp/longjmp
+ pthreadVC.lib
+ pthreadVSE.dll - built with MSVC compiler using SEH
+ pthreadVSE.lib
+ pthreadGCE.dll - built with Mingw32 G++ 2.95.2-1
+ pthreadGC.dll - built with Mingw32 GCC 2.95.2-1 using setjmp/longjmp
+ libpthreadGCE.a - derived from pthreadGCE.dll
+ libpthreadGC.a - derived from pthreadGC.dll
+ gcc.dll - needed if distributing applications that use
+ pthreadGCE.dll (but see the FAQ Q 10 for the latest
+ related information)
+
+These are the only files you need in order to build POSIX threads
+applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32.
+
+See the FAQ file in the source tree for additional information.
+
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+For the authoritative reference, see the online POSIX
+standard reference at:
+
+ http://www.OpenGroup.org
+
+For POSIX Thread API programming, several reference books are
+available:
+
+ Programming with POSIX Threads
+ David R. Butenhof
+ Addison-Wesley (pub)
+
+ Pthreads Programming
+ By Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar & Jacqueline Proulx Farrell
+ O'Reilly (pub)
+
+On the web: see the links at the bottom of the pthreads-win32 site:
+
+ http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
+
+ Currently, there is no documentation included in the package apart
+ from the copious comments in the source code.
+
+
+
+Enjoy!
+
+Ross Johnson
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