Typo in build-system, and why about threading on ppc

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "type=relase/normal/debug (default=normal) Enables debug information, or compiles with optimizations." "relase" --> "release"? (Is this just a bug in the message or is it actually called the typo'd thing) Also "threads=0 (default=1, except on ppc where the default is 0) Disables threading" I suppose this is related to the result "Checking for pthread_create() in C library pthread... no" ? What's special about ppc here? does it cause trouble somehow? Isaac P.S. I'm looking at this is because I'm actually trying to use Yhc for something now (hopefully it'll work this time...). This time I'm thinking that it might be the right compromise between compile-time and run-time for checking my numerous QuickCheck properties (ghc takes ages to compile, and hugs takes ages to run, where ages are about half a minute on my machine ^_^). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFTTmZHgcxvIWYTTURAn2yAKCnlVJfLMwQhtJjPbkobSmHt/HKvwCguS+k ogZqsBKHJWSpdEkuSyBk7CI= =eZv6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

On 11/5/06, Isaac
"relase" --> "release"? (Is this just a bug in the message or is it actually called the typo'd thing)
That's just a typo in the message, I've fixed it now. Also
"threads=0 (default=1, except on ppc where the default is 0) Disables threading" I suppose this is related to the result "Checking for pthread_create() in C library pthread... no" ? What's special about ppc here? does it cause trouble somehow?
I remember PPC causing a problem when threading was introduced. I can't for the life of me remember what it was though, or even if it still a problem. If you need threading I suggest you compile it with that flag enabled and let us know what happens :-) Andrew
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