Hi, I want to use perl's threads module. It seems that this is not supported on OpenBSD (4.0 but since the perl version is the same in 4.1 and 4.2, I guess this problem still exists).
When writing a one-line perl program that has "use threads;" as contents, I get the following error on execution: # cat test.pl use threads; # perl test.pl test.pl line 1: This Perl hasn't been configured and built properly for the threads module to work. (The 'useithreads' configuration option hasn't been used.) Having threads support requires all of Perl and all of the XS modules in the Perl installation to be rebuilt, it is not just a question of adding the threads module. (In other words, threaded and non-threaded Perls are binary incompatible.) If you want to the use the threads module, please contact the people who built your Perl. Cannot continue, aborting. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/libdata/perl5/i386-openbsd/5.8.8/threads.pm line 28. Compilation failed in require at test.pl line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at test.pl line 1. Is this a known problem on OpenBSD or have I just done something wrong? In both cases: is there any way to overcome this? Thanks in advance Kind Regards -- Thomas
