1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY pth-download-http "&gnu-http;/pth/pth-&pth-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY pth-download-ftp "&gnu-ftp;/pth/pth-&pth-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY pth-md5sum "9cb4a25331a4c4db866a31cbe507c793">
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10 | <!ENTITY pth-size "652 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY pth-buildsize "5 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY pth-time "0.2 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="pth" xreflabel="Pth-&pth-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="pth.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Pth-&pth-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="pth">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-Pth">Pth</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to Pth</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>The <application>Pth</application> package contains a very portable
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33 | POSIX/ANSI-C based library for Unix platforms which provides non-preemptive
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34 | priority-based scheduling for multiple threads of execution (multithreading)
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35 | inside event-driven applications. All threads run in the same address space
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36 | of the server application, but each thread has its own individual
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37 | program-counter, run-time stack, signal mask and errno variable. </para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs83_checked;
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pth-download-http;"/></para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem>
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47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pth-download-ftp;"/></para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &pth-md5sum;</para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download size: &pth-size;</para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &pth-buildsize;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Estimated build time: &pth-time;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | </itemizedlist>
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62 |
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63 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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64 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pth"/></para>
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65 | </sect2>
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66 |
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67 | <sect2 role="installation">
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68 | <title>Installation of Pth</title>
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69 |
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70 | <caution>
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71 | <para>Don't add the <option>--enable-pthread</option> parameter to the
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72 | <command>configure</command> command below else you will overwrite the
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73 | pthread library and interface header installed by the
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74 | <application>Glibc</application> package in LFS.</para>
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75 | </caution>
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76 |
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77 | <para>Install <application>Pth</application> by running the
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78 | following commands:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's#$(LOBJS): Makefile#$(LOBJS): pth_p.h Makefile#' Makefile.in &&
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81 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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82 | --disable-static \
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83 | --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
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84 | make</userinput></screen>
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85 |
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86 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.</para>
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87 |
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88 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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89 | user:</para>
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90 |
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91 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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92 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/pth-&pth-version; &&
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93 | install -v -m644 README PORTING SUPPORT TESTS \
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94 | /usr/share/doc/pth-&pth-version;</userinput></screen>
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95 | </sect2>
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96 |
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97 | <sect2 role="commands">
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98 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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99 |
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100 | <para><command>sed -i 's#$(LOBJS) ...</command>: This <command>sed</command>
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101 | fixes a race condition in the <filename>Makefile</filename>. It allows you
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102 | to run <command>make</command> with multiple jobs (e.g., <command>make -j4</command>)
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103 | <!-- how ironic that a package for using multiple threads has this bug in
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104 | its Makefile -->.</para>
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105 |
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106 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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107 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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108 |
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109 | <para><parameter>--mandir=/usr/share/man</parameter>: This switch puts the
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110 | man pages in <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename> instead
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111 | of <filename class="directory">/usr/man</filename>.</para>
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112 | </sect2>
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113 |
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114 | <sect2 role="content">
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115 | <title>Contents</title>
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116 |
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117 | <segmentedlist>
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118 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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119 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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120 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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121 |
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122 | <seglistitem>
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123 | <seg>pth-config</seg>
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124 | <seg>libpth.so</seg>
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125 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/pth-&pth-version;</seg>
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126 | </seglistitem>
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127 | </segmentedlist>
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128 |
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129 | <variablelist>
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130 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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131 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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132 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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133 |
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134 | <varlistentry id="pth-config">
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135 | <term><command>pth-config</command></term>
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136 | <listitem>
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137 | <para>is a utility used to configure and build applications based on
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138 | the pth(3) library. It can be used to query the C compiler and
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139 | linker flags which are required to correctly compile and link the
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140 | application against the pth(3) library.</para>
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141 | <indexterm zone="pth pth-config">
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142 | <primary sortas="b-pth-config">pth-config</primary>
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143 | </indexterm>
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144 | </listitem>
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145 | </varlistentry>
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146 |
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147 | <varlistentry id="libpth">
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148 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpth.so</filename></term>
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149 | <listitem>
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150 | <para>contains the API functions used by the GNU Portable Threads
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151 | Library.</para>
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152 | <indexterm zone="pth libpth">
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153 | <primary sortas="c-libpth">libpth.so</primary>
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154 | </indexterm>
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155 | </listitem>
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156 | </varlistentry>
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157 | </variablelist>
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158 | </sect2>
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159 | </sect1>
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