Re: [Boost-testing] Boost Threads and Mac

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-10 12:32:47

>>    OK, but our problem is actually with just building the code. My
>> Mac Codewarrior (command line) is building the code every night as
>> part of regression testing. Are you saying that there is some
>> #define telling my build to skip the MPTasks stuff and do pthreads?
>> Is that something we can do in the GUI as well? How would I be able
>>    to tell? Sorry I'm so clueless.

Boost.Config determines whether Boost.Thread should be using MPTasks or 
pthreads depending upon the "kind" of Mac binary you are building.  I'm 
afraid I know next to nothing about the Mac, so I'm pretty clueless as well: 
but it appears that the code defaults to using MPTasks when you are building 
a Carbon binary, and pthreads otherwise.  It also appears that you can 
define BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS when building to force the use of pthreads: 
however you should check that CW actually allows mixing of pthreads with 
Carbon code, I believe if you use the Apple Gcc compiler it makes no 
difference at all, but for CW I believe their std lib might not be pthread 
compatible, or at least wasn't at one point.  However, that's all stretching 
my knowledge beyond the point where it can be considered reliable :-)

HTH, John.