1<!--$Id: config.so,v 1.5 2006/09/15 19:34:26 bostic Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB Reference Guide: Release 4.5: --enable-pthread_self</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 12<td><b><dl><dt>Berkeley DB Reference Guide:<dd>Upgrading Berkeley DB Applications</dl></b></td> 13<td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.5/collect.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../upgrade.4.5/source.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 14</td></tr></table> 15<p align=center><b>Release 4.5: --enable-pthread_self</b></p> 16<p>In previous releases, the --enable-pthread_self configuration option was 17used to force Berkeley DB to use the POSIX pthread pthread_self function to 18identify threads of control (even when Berkeley DB was configured for 19test-and-set mutexes). In the 4.5 release, the --enable-pthread_self 20option has been replaced with the 21<a href="../../ref/build_unix/conf.html#--enable-pthread_api">--with-enable-pthread_api</a> option. This option has the same effect as 22the previous option, but configures the Berkeley DB build for a POSIX pthread 23application in other ways (for example, configuring Berkeley DB to use the 24pthread_self function).</p> 25<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right><a href="../upgrade.4.5/collect.html"><img src="../../images/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a><a href="../toc.html"><img src="../../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a><a href="../upgrade.4.5/source.html"><img src="../../images/next.gif" alt="Next"></a> 26</td></tr></table> 27<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 28</body> 29</html> 30