Re: [Plplot-devel] xwin / pthread / OS-X

[Werner S. <sm...@ia...>]

Hi Hazen,

> Can you test it with "standard" X11 and pthread=on OS-X 10.5? If that
> works should we only allow pthread=on on OS-X 10.5+?

Not easily. AFAIK copies XQuartz itself onto Apples X11 version. So I  
would need to install such a full 10.5.6 update (from 10.5.0) to get  
Apples X11 again, which I don't want to do. There are some other Macs at  
my Work which don't have XQuartz installed, but in the moment I don't have  
enough time to install the developers tools (gcc, etc.), cmake and plplot  
on one of these.
>
> If it isn't going to work for most people on OS-X then I think we should
> probably set pthread=off by default.

I don't know how many people still use 10.4, but I wouldn't take a chance  
and just disable pthread by default. That doesn't mean that you can set it  
ON by yourself. We should mention it in the Changelog and maybe I find  
time to test it with Apples X11 later, we can it then turn on for 10.5 if  
that works.

Regards,
Werner


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