Subj : Re: pthreads in a static library
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : JimLasc
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 04:08 am

OK. Thanks a lot.
I'll try and see if it works;
if it doesn't it's not THAT bad either...

Thanks a lot for your explanation.

Jim

Yaytay schreef:

> <JimLasc@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1125507212.847031.237460@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello, and thanks for your replie.
> > I think I misformulated:
> >>>usually use pthreads in a dll, but now I want to use them in a static
> >>>library.
> > What I wated to say was:
> > I usally link with the pthreads-dll in my programs which make use of
> > pthreads.
> > Now I've created (just compiled as a new project: "static lib") a
> > static version of pthreads.
> > I wanted to use this static version to link my program with.
> > ( so: now I add: #pragma comment(lib,"mystaticversion.lib") in stead of
> > #pragma comment(lib,"thedynamicversion_which_was_pre-builded.lib") )
> > When I do that however, I have the errors I described.
> > I think you misunderstood my question, did you? (I know it's my fault,
> > sorry for that).
> >
> > Sorry for my poor english, but as you see, I'm not english...
> >
>
> I did misunderstand at first, then realised that that might be what you are
> trying to do and covered that possibility in my last paragraph.
> Basically pthreads is not designed to be used that way, so you'll have to
> make a number of changes to the source (and I don't know what).
> The primary issue is that the source declares functions as either dllimport
> or dllexport - neither of which is correct for a static library.
> Minimally you will need to identify those functions that are declared as
> dllexport and change them - this might be as simple as changing the header
> files that use PTW32_BUILD (probably requiring you to set up another macro
> to indicate what you are trying to do and override the PTW32_BUILD
> control) - but then again it might not.
>
> Sorry I can't be more help, your answer is still not relevant to threading,
> but it does require a knowledge of the internals of pthreads.
> 
> J.T.

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