Bug #9492: ruby won't build on Mac OS X versions before 10.6 - pthread_setname_np() not available

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: 2.1.0
• Backport: 1.9.3: DONTNEED, 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE

[mistydemeo (Misty De Meo)]

The following commit added a usage of the pthread_setname_np() function on Darwin to set the timer thread name: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/09c96a7858955f2b94238bd4bf38729f0d650f22

This function isn't available in all OS X versions; it was first added in 10.6. As a result, ruby will fail to compile on older OS X releases.

[PvpDJgHP (William Thomas NELSON)]

I am also experiencing this issue.

There are still many Apple Xserve running OS X 10.5.8 (darwin 9.8) in production.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed
• % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset r44925.

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configure.in: use pthread_setname_np only if available

• configure.in: check if pthread_setname_np is available.
• thread_pthread.c: pthread_setname_np is not available on old
  Darwins. [ruby-core:60524] [Bug #9492]

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Backport changed from 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN to 1.9.3: DONTNEED, 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: REQUIRED

[naruse (Yui NARUSE)]

• Backport changed from 1.9.3: DONTNEED, 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: REQUIRED to 1.9.3: DONTNEED, 2.0.0: DONTNEED, 2.1: DONE

r45090.