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| 1 Name: pthreads-win32 | 1 Name: pthreads-win32 |
| 2 URL: https://www.sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ | 2 URL: https://www.sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ |
| 3 Version: 2.9.1.0 | 3 Version: 2.9.1.0 |
| 4 Date: 2012-08-21 | 4 Date: 2012-08-21 |
| 5 License: LGPL 2.1 | 5 License: LGPL 2.1 |
| 6 License File: COPYING | 6 License File: NOT_SHIPPED |
| 7 Security Critical: no | 7 Security Critical: no |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 This library is included only to allow external users of the Native Client SDK | 9 This library is included only to allow external users of the Native Client SDK |
| 10 to build PPAPI plugins using the pthreads interface. This is convenient during | 10 to build PPAPI plugins using the pthreads interface. This is convenient during |
| 11 the process of developing or porting a Native Client application. | 11 the process of developing or porting a Native Client application. |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 This library is not shipped with Chromium. | 13 This library is not shipped with Chromium. |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 Description: | 15 Description: |
| 16 From https://www.sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ | 16 From https://www.sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 The POSIX 1003.1-2001 standard defines an application programming interface | 18 The POSIX 1003.1-2001 standard defines an application programming interface |
| 19 (API) for writing multithreaded applications. This interface is known more | 19 (API) for writing multithreaded applications. This interface is known more |
| 20 commonly as pthreads. A good number of modern operating systems include a | 20 commonly as pthreads. A good number of modern operating systems include a |
| 21 threading library of some kind: Solaris (UI) threads, Win32 threads, DCE | 21 threading library of some kind: Solaris (UI) threads, Win32 threads, DCE |
| 22 threads, DECthreads, or any of the draft revisions of the pthreads standard. | 22 threads, DECthreads, or any of the draft revisions of the pthreads standard. |
| 23 The trend is that most of these systems are slowly adopting the pthreads | 23 The trend is that most of these systems are slowly adopting the pthreads |
| 24 standard API, with application developers following suit to reduce porting | 24 standard API, with application developers following suit to reduce porting |
| 25 woes. | 25 woes. |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 Win32 does not, and is unlikely to ever, support pthreads natively. This | 27 Win32 does not, and is unlikely to ever, support pthreads natively. This |
| 28 project seeks to provide a freely available and high-quality solution to this | 28 project seeks to provide a freely available and high-quality solution to this |
| 29 problem. | 29 problem. |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 Local Modifications: | 31 Local Modifications: |
| 32 * Removed execute permissions on some source files. | 32 * Removed execute permissions on some source files. |
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