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revision 1.43 by mark, Sun Jul 4 18:32:29 2004 UTC revision 1.44 by saugart, Wed Jul 7 04:26:38 2004 UTC
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1  New in release 0.10 (in preparation)  New in release 0.10 (in preparation)
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3  * Fixed the code enabled by the --portable-native-sync configure option; it  * Fixed the "portable native sync" code; it had been broken since
4    had been broken since Classpath release 0.06, when we upgraded to GTK+2.      Classpath release 0.06, when we upgraded to GTK+2.    
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6    Explanation: Classpath's AWT peers use GTK+.  GTK+ uses GLIB.  GLIB by    Explanation: Classpath's AWT peers use GTK+.  GTK+ uses GLIB.  GLIB by
7    default uses the platform's native threading model -- pthreads in most cases.    default uses the platform's native threading model -- pthreads in most cases.
8    If the Java runtime doesn't use the native threading model, then you should    If the Java runtime doesn't use the native threading model, then you should
9    specify --portable-native-sync when configuring Classpath, so that GLIB will    specify --portable-native-sync when configuring Classpath, so that GLIB will
10    use the Java threading primitives instead.    use the Java threading primitives instead.  (For a superior alternative,
11      see below.)
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13    * The VM can set the system property
14      gnu.classpath.awt.gtk.portable.native.sync instead of using the
15      --portable-native-sync configure-type option.  See
16      doc/vmintegration.texinfo for details.
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18  * We intend that the next release of GNU Classpath will require the VM  * We intend that the next release of GNU Classpath will require the VM
19    to provide JNI 1.2.  Classpath currently uses only JNI 1.1, except for    to provide JNI 1.2.  Classpath currently uses only JNI 1.1, except for

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