commit dfc33fd8db811feea2bfb974e9da3ed7aea4b10d
author Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> Tue Jan 21 10:14:41 2003 +0000
committer Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> Tue Jan 21 10:14:41 2003 +0000
tree f087488e9d89546778edc3000e884f63942294ac
parent 2da75faa871a1f8b7389c41319e1a1d3926b9852

Don't use Posix semaphores on Solaris 8. Fixes #662787.

configure.in

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c8ba86b..8011c97 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1447,6 +1447,12 @@
           and your system does not define that.])
       fi
 
+      # Bug 662787: Using semaphores causes unexplicable hangs on Solaris 8.
+      case  $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
+      SunOS/5.8) AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BROKEN_POSIX_SEMAPHORES, 1,
+                           Define if the Posix semaphores do not work on your system);;
+      esac
+
       AC_MSG_CHECKING(if PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM is supported)
       AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_pthread_system_supported,
       [AC_TRY_RUN([#include <pthread.h>