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Re: [perl #88814] op/sigdispatch.t fails on openbsd for threaded builds

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Leon Timmermans
Date:
December 8, 2011 12:41
Subject:
Re: [perl #88814] op/sigdispatch.t fails on openbsd for threaded builds
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote:
> If I remember correctly (what I read on the Internet)(and the Internet still
> seems to feel the same way about it), OpenBSD threads are green (ie userland)
>
> I wonder if this has a lot to do with the problem.

It's M:N actually. And I'd bet my money on that being the underlying
cause problem. It's no coincidence the other BSDs have dropped it
IMNSHO: it's rather hard to implement correctly.

Leon

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