Teach erl_interface configure more pthread support

- Teach lib/erl_interface/configure.in to look for
  pthreads support in libc (where it can be found on QNX)

- A minor tweak such that this configure *fails* if you pass --enable-threads and
  no pthreads support can be found.

6 files changed, 51 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index b1cf1fe404..9578cd35c4 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -740,11 +740,16 @@ dnl Try to find POSIX threads
 dnl The usual pthread lib...
     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lpthread")
 
-dnl FreeBSD has pthreads in special c library, c_r...
+dnl Very old versions of FreeBSD have pthreads in special c library, c_r...
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lc_r")
     fi
 
+dnl QNX has pthreads in standard C library
+    if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+	AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, THR_LIBS="none_needed")
+    fi
+
 dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the '-pthread' switch can be used])
@@ -765,6 +770,9 @@ dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" != "x"; then
 	THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DPOSIX_THREADS"
 	THR_LIB_NAME=pthread
+	if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "xnone_needed"; then
+	    THR_LIBS=
+	fi
 	case $host_os in
 	    solaris*)
 		THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ;;
diff --git a/erts/aclocal.m4 b/erts/aclocal.m4
index b1cf1fe404..9578cd35c4 100644
--- a/erts/aclocal.m4
+++ b/erts/aclocal.m4
@@ -740,11 +740,16 @@ dnl Try to find POSIX threads
 dnl The usual pthread lib...
     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lpthread")
 
-dnl FreeBSD has pthreads in special c library, c_r...
+dnl Very old versions of FreeBSD have pthreads in special c library, c_r...
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lc_r")
     fi
 
+dnl QNX has pthreads in standard C library
+    if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+	AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, THR_LIBS="none_needed")
+    fi
+
 dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the '-pthread' switch can be used])
@@ -765,6 +770,9 @@ dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" != "x"; then
 	THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DPOSIX_THREADS"
 	THR_LIB_NAME=pthread
+	if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "xnone_needed"; then
+	    THR_LIBS=
+	fi
 	case $host_os in
 	    solaris*)
 		THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ;;
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/aclocal.m4 b/lib/erl_interface/aclocal.m4
index b1cf1fe404..9578cd35c4 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/aclocal.m4
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/aclocal.m4
@@ -740,11 +740,16 @@ dnl Try to find POSIX threads
 dnl The usual pthread lib...
     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lpthread")
 
-dnl FreeBSD has pthreads in special c library, c_r...
+dnl Very old versions of FreeBSD have pthreads in special c library, c_r...
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lc_r")
     fi
 
+dnl QNX has pthreads in standard C library
+    if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+	AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, THR_LIBS="none_needed")
+    fi
+
 dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the '-pthread' switch can be used])
@@ -765,6 +770,9 @@ dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" != "x"; then
 	THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DPOSIX_THREADS"
 	THR_LIB_NAME=pthread
+	if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "xnone_needed"; then
+	    THR_LIBS=
+	fi
 	case $host_os in
 	    solaris*)
 		THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ;;
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/configure.in b/lib/erl_interface/configure.in
index c958f80065..f1c9ebbb6f 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/configure.in
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/configure.in
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads,
     no) threads_disabled=yes ;;
     *)  threads_disabled=no ;;
   esac ],
-[ threads_disabled=no ])
+[ threads_disabled=maybe ])
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Checks for programs
@@ -237,12 +237,16 @@ AC_SUBST(THR_DEFS)
 AC_SUBST(EI_THREADS)
 
 case "$threads_disabled" in
-    no)
+    no|maybe)
 	LM_CHECK_THR_LIB
 
 	case "$THR_LIB_NAME" in
 	    "")
 	        EI_THREADS="false"
+		# Fail if --enable-threads given and no threads found
+		if test "x$threads_disabled" = "xno"; then
+		    AC_MSG_ERROR(No threads support found)
+		fi
 	        ;;
 	    win32_threads)
 		EI_THREADS="true"	
diff --git a/lib/odbc/aclocal.m4 b/lib/odbc/aclocal.m4
index b1cf1fe404..9578cd35c4 100644
--- a/lib/odbc/aclocal.m4
+++ b/lib/odbc/aclocal.m4
@@ -740,11 +740,16 @@ dnl Try to find POSIX threads
 dnl The usual pthread lib...
     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lpthread")
 
-dnl FreeBSD has pthreads in special c library, c_r...
+dnl Very old versions of FreeBSD have pthreads in special c library, c_r...
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lc_r")
     fi
 
+dnl QNX has pthreads in standard C library
+    if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+	AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, THR_LIBS="none_needed")
+    fi
+
 dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the '-pthread' switch can be used])
@@ -765,6 +770,9 @@ dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" != "x"; then
 	THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DPOSIX_THREADS"
 	THR_LIB_NAME=pthread
+	if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "xnone_needed"; then
+	    THR_LIBS=
+	fi
 	case $host_os in
 	    solaris*)
 		THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ;;
diff --git a/lib/wx/aclocal.m4 b/lib/wx/aclocal.m4
index b1cf1fe404..9578cd35c4 100644
--- a/lib/wx/aclocal.m4
+++ b/lib/wx/aclocal.m4
@@ -740,11 +740,16 @@ dnl Try to find POSIX threads
 dnl The usual pthread lib...
     AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lpthread")
 
-dnl FreeBSD has pthreads in special c library, c_r...
+dnl Very old versions of FreeBSD have pthreads in special c library, c_r...
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, pthread_create, THR_LIBS="-lc_r")
     fi
 
+dnl QNX has pthreads in standard C library
+    if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+	AC_CHECK_FUNC(pthread_create, THR_LIBS="none_needed")
+    fi
+
 dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "x"; then
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the '-pthread' switch can be used])
@@ -765,6 +770,9 @@ dnl On ofs1 the '-pthread' switch should be used
     if test "x$THR_LIBS" != "x"; then
 	THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT -DPOSIX_THREADS"
 	THR_LIB_NAME=pthread
+	if test "x$THR_LIBS" = "xnone_needed"; then
+	    THR_LIBS=
+	fi
 	case $host_os in
 	    solaris*)
 		THR_DEFS="$THR_DEFS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ;;