[m-dev.] for review: add threads options to ml

[Fergus Henderson]

On 06-Apr-2000, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
>  
> > > 	Add option `--use-old-osf-thread-libs' to pass
> > > 	`-lpthreads -lc_r' to the linker on DEC OSF/1. 
> > > 	Linking the Aditi API library fails when no
> > > 	options are passed.
> > 
> > That one looks like a bit of a wart to me.
> > Couldn't this be handled by an autoconf test?
> 
> Which machine did you use to test your change to the OSF/1 thread
> library options?

I think it was murlibobo.

> On murlibobo, I can't link any program using threads without
> `-lpthreads -lc_r'. 

Hmm... maybe my change to scripts/ml.in was just plain wrong?
I'll investigate further and get back to you.

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