From: Len Rose Date: March 24 1999 4:24pm Subject: RE: Problems with LONGTEXT/BSDI 4.0 List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/899 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I believe that they have patched it.. there are (2) patches that seem to munge on thread-related things.. M400-003a and M400-023.. Perhaps add this to the FAQ soon since things get really ugly without these. Monty, Thanks very much for your help with this.... Len On 24-Mar-99 Michael Widenius wrote: >>>>>> "Len" == Len Rose writes: > > Len> The application is myql itself.. I've tested this on Solaris and BSDI > 4.0.. it > Len> only fails on BSDI 4.0.. isamchk -o output doesn't indicate anything > wrong.. > > > > Hi! > > I have now diagnosed the problem. There is a feature in the mutex and > condition handling in the BSDI 4.0 thread library that makes it > incompatible with applications that follows the posix threads > specifications.. Until this is fixed, MySQL will not > work properly on BSDI 4.0 ! > > (I can provide a patch for this, but I would prefer that BSDI removes > this 'feature' from their thread library rather than making a ugly patch > for MySQL) > > Regards, > Monty > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check "http://www.mysql.com/Manual_chapter/manual_toc.html" before > posting. To request this thread, e-mail mysql-thread869@stripped > > To unsubscribe, send a message to the address shown in the > List-Unsubscribe header of this message. If you cannot see it, > e-mail mysql-unsubscribe@stripped instead. len@stripped http://www.netsys.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.1 iQCVAwUBNvkRzoef0OvUNu5PAQF1uQP/cZU7rUzDCx4O6UPVfKW7tfDZPz9mq4h4 9w306B/BBKmW+PVtrEoOeFkedfXORLq4N2vQ8bVZVypHiFfFoXVhCz6yvPxGvXMj zTJDrHM4vN+msOFXiCwQF1RiGJNc3396RW0OB1OQ72U5rMG/+sOatsRuGwetGt6d hfpFLWWC5ts= =vxj9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----