On 8/23/05, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> wrote: > I'd try to get the ACX_PTHREAD macro from the autoconf archive and > work with that. Any of its shortcomings should be discussed with > its maintainer (or on this list, FWIW) and incorporated into an > improved version of the macro. That way, others can profit, too > (both those that use the improved macro, as well as those that will > eventually try to compile your package and don't have to hack around > to get it to work with their threads support). Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to look into it. Before reading your mail I managed to come up with the following: AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread,pthread_create,THREAD_LIBS="-lpthread",THREAD_LIBS="-lkse") which "seems to work". Can you or anybody else with more experience than me see any problems with it? > Another general note: it's generally a bad idea to test for operating > system versions. info Autoconf "Why Not Imake" has reasons. Duly noted. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf