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diff --git a/doc/gpgme.texi b/doc/gpgme.texi index a70418db..42c16a89 100644 --- a/doc/gpgme.texi +++ b/doc/gpgme.texi @@ -458,12 +458,6 @@ specifying both options to @command{gpgme-config}: gcc -o foo foo.c `gpgme-config --cflags --libs` @end example -If you want to link to one of the thread-safe versions of -@acronym{GPGME}, you must specify the @option{--thread} option before -any other option to select the thread package you want to link with. -Supported thread packages are @option{--thread=pth} and -@option{--thread=pthread}. - If you need to detect the installed language bindings you can use list them using: @@ -614,7 +608,9 @@ that can be used with GNU Pth, and defines @code{GPGME_PTH_CFLAGS} and @code{AM_PATH_GPGME_PTHREAD} checks for the version of @acronym{GPGME} that can be used with the native pthread implementation, and defines -@code{GPGME_PTHREAD_CFLAGS} and @code{GPGME_PTHREAD_LIBS}. +@code{GPGME_PTHREAD_CFLAGS} and @code{GPGME_PTHREAD_LIBS}. Since +version 1.8.0 this is no longer required to GPGME_PTHREAD as +@acronym{GPGME} itself is thread safe. This macro searches for @command{gpgme-config} along the PATH. If you are cross-compiling, it is useful to set the environment variable @@ -814,32 +810,12 @@ application is multi-threaded, and you install a signal action for @cindex thread-safeness @cindex multi-threading -The @acronym{GPGME} library is not entirely thread-safe, but it can -still be used in a multi-threaded environment if some care is taken. -If the following requirements are met, there should be no race -conditions to worry about: +The @acronym{GPGME} library is mostly thread-safe, an can be used +in a mulithreaded environment but there are some requirements +for mutlithreaded use: @itemize @bullet @item -@acronym{GPGME} supports the thread libraries pthread and GNU Pth. -The support for this has to be enabled at compile time. -@acronym{GPGME} will automatically detect the location in which the -thread libraries are installed and activate the support for them at -build time. - -Support for other thread libraries is very easy to add. Please -contact us if you have the need. - -@item -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 The function @code{gpgme_check_version} must be called before any other function in the library, because it initializes the thread support subsystem in @acronym{GPGME}. To achieve this in |