threading and linux (2.6.

[Evan Hunt]

On 16.03.10 15:18, Jack Tavares wrote:
> What is the default build on linux (2.6) with regard to threads.
> If I don't explicitly enable or disable threads, does named
> run threaded or unthreaded?

On most operating systems, the default is threaded.

On linux, the default is unthreaded, for historical reasons having to
do with an odd interaction between linux threads and linux process
privileges.  I expect we'll correct this fairly soon; it's on the
to-do list for 9.7.1.

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