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| author | Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> | 2003-09-13 18:04:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> | 2003-09-13 18:04:16 +0000 |
| commit | 33912dcc8694fba72933fc9a34f39bdd3c53ef62 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2003-09-13 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> (diff) | |
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2003-09-13 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
* gpgme.texi (Multi Threading): Update documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 73065929..16586ed4 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-09-13 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> + + * gpgme.texi (Multi Threading): Update documentation. + 2003-09-03 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]> * gpgme.texi (Header): We don't use the assuan namespace anymore. diff --git a/doc/gpgme.texi b/doc/gpgme.texi index 1ec4ef50..30837f9a 100644 --- a/doc/gpgme.texi +++ b/doc/gpgme.texi @@ -514,18 +514,13 @@ Support for other thread libraries is very easy to add. Please contact us if you have the need. @item -If you link your program dynamically to @acronym{GPGME} and your -supported thread library, @acronym{GPGME} will automatically detect -the presence of this library and activate its use. You must link to -the thread library before linking to @acronym{GPGME}. If you link to -both pthread and GNU Pth, @acronym{GPGME} will use the pthread -support. This feature requires weak symbol support. +If you want to use @acronym{GPGME} with threads, you must link to the +right version of the library. The name of the right library is +@code{libgpgme-} followed by the name of the thread package you use. +For example, if you use GNU Pth, the right name is +@code{libgpgme-pth}. Use the Automake macros or +@command{gpgme-config} program for simplicity. -@item -If you link your program statically to @acronym{GPGME}, or your system -does not support weak symbols, there is currently no easy way to make -sure that @acronym{GPGME} detects the presence of the thread library. -This will be solved in a future version. @item The function @code{gpgme_check_version} must be called before any @@ -582,6 +577,10 @@ Only one thread at any time is allowed to call @code{gpgme_wait}. If multiple threads call this function, the caller must make sure that all invocations are fully synchronized. It is safe to start asynchronous operations while a thread is running in gpgme_wait. + +@item +The function @code{gpgme_strerror} is not thread safe. You have to +use @code{gpgme_strerror_r} instead. @end itemize |