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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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