[bug-notifications] [pigz 0003879]: fails to multithread on Solaris 8

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http://www.opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3879 
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Reported By:                james
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    pigz
Issue ID:                   3879
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            sometimes
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2009-09-04 12:52 CEST
Last Modified:              2009-09-04 13:02 CEST
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Summary:                    fails to multithread on Solaris 8
Description: 
pigs (spelt pigz) fails to multithread on Solaris 8.

Workaround: use /usr/lib/lwp.

Suggest changing RPATH to use /usr/lib/lwp
LD_OPTIONS=-R/usr/lib/lwp


It's possible a patch will fix also, please find it, check it's still
public and put in checkinstall if you think the patch is the solution.

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 (0006658) dam (manager) - 2009-09-04 13:02
 http://www.opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3879#c6658 
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Funny thing, I tested this on Solaris 8, but a branded zone on the T5220
and that looked fine:

build8st% time pigz -9 perl-5.10.0,REV\=2009.06.15-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg

pigz -9 perl-5.10.0,REV=2009.06.15-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg  275.02s user
0.57s system 2564% cpu 10.746 total

Maybe the branded zones are not 100% compatible in terms of errors :-D

Ok then, putting the runpath in doesn't seem to have a negative effect as
on Solaris 9 onwards the libs point back to /usr/lib or are missing
completely which would also mean falling back to /usr/lib which works fine
right now.