Re: problem building octave

[Matt Funk]

Mmhh,

i am not sure if this is a problem with octave. I just double checked and i 
actually have pthread.h in usr/lib as well as /usr/lib/libpthread.a.

So why is the linker not finding it?
The problem is i tried this on 2 different machines (both are Debian testing) 
and both come up with the same error.

Let me try to give configure these extra options (i.e. explicitly give it the 
include and lib directory) and see if that works.

matt

On Wednesday 13 May 2009, you wrote:
> On 13-May-2009, Matt Funk wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | i have been using:
> | 1) ./configure, as well as
> | 2) ./configure --without-hdf5 --without-framework-opengl
> | both of which give the same error.
> |
> | The problem seems to be happening during the final link stage as far as i
> | can tell. There are no external libraries that i link in. All i do is 1)
> | check out the repository
> | 2) configure
> | 3) make
>
> The problem is that liboctave/oct-mutex.cc includes pthread.h, but we
> don't check for the pthread library, or disable this code if pthread.h
> is not present.  So that's a bug.  It might have been fixed by now,
> but apparently most C libraries provide the pthread library
> automatically, or some other thing prevents people from noticing this
> problem.  Plus, we have been busy lately arguing with people on the
> lists about various interpretations of the GPL or looking for
> funding.  Maybe someone would like to contribute a patch that does the
> right thing?
>
> jwe