2013/4/2 Ruben Van Boxem <vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com>
> 2013/4/2 Baruch Burstein <bmburst...@gmail.com>
>
>> Can you explain the difference from your "regular" builds? Does
>> std::thread not work with them? If I use std::thread, do I need to
>> link/distribute any additional libraries? Or are there special licenses
>> issues?
>> In short: Why 2 separate builds?
>>
>
> std::thread (and other stuff like <mutex>) only works on the builds
> labeled "stdthread'. The difference is that gcc is built based on the posix
> threading model using the winpthreads library. The result is a libstdc++
> that has multithreading functionality. The affected headers are <thread>,
> <mutex>, <condition_variable>, and <future>. <atomic> has always worked and
> will continue to work without posix threading.
>
> You will need to additionally distribute the winpthreads dll if you do not
> link statically. There are no licensing issues, as the winpthreads code is
> placed in the Public Domain in the same way the rest of the MinGW-w64
> headers and crt are.
>
>
To clarify, the winpthread isn't public domain, and was never public
domain, and never will be public domain! It is, was, and will stay
licensed under BSD.
> The two builds are incompatible due to the difference in libgcc. All code
> has to be recompiled with the same toolchain.
>
> I have two builds because currently enabling posix threading (like in the
> std::thread builds) makes libgcc depend on winpthreads. This is not a
> problem for most people, but it does make even C code not using pthreads
> that depends on libgcc (pretty much all code compiled by gcc depends on
> libgcc), depend on winpthreads as well.
>
> Ruben
>
>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Ruben Van Boxem <
>> vanboxem.ru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have uploaded a new GCC 4.8 experimental std::thread build. Nothing
>>> fundamentally changed since the previous posix-threaded builds.
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>>
>>> Ruben
>>>
>>> Find the goodies here:
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchain%20sources/Personal%20Builds/rubenvb/experimental/
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win32/Personal%20Builds/rubenvb/gcc-4.8-experimental-stdthread/
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/rubenvb/gcc-4.8-experimental-stdthread/
>>>
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