GNU bug report logs - #7073
no pthread_spinlock_t on Mac OS 10.6.4

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Gary V. Vaughan" <gary <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> CS.UCLA.EDU>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, Chen Guo <chenguo4 <at> yahoo.com>,
	"Gary V. Vaughan" <gary <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: no pthread_spinlock_t on Mac OS 10.6.4
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:32:27 -0700

On 09/20/10 02:24, Bruno Haible wrote:
> why not use mutexes instead of spinlocks on this platform?

That might be a good thing to try, though it'd take more work.

Chen, what do you think?  Here's the email that started this discussion:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-09/msg00065.html
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