thread-safety

Apply full patch to enable thread-safety by default, e.g. doc changes.

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 1b79c29f6e2..ebf8e73a845 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.92 2009/11/30 14:47:37 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.93 2009/12/02 14:07:25 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="ecpg">
  <title><application>ECPG</application> - Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
@@ -4709,10 +4709,9 @@ ECPG = ecpg
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The <application>ecpg</application> library is thread-safe if it is built
-   using the <option>--enable-thread-safety</> command-line option to
-   <filename>configure</filename>.  (You might need to use other threading
-   command-line options to compile your client code.)
+   The <application>ecpg</application> library is thread-safe by
+   default.  However, you might need to use some threading
+   command-line options to compile your client code.
   </para>
  </sect1>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 7dee9e6640a..a0782dc1771 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.327 2009/08/12 16:32:35 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.328 2009/12/02 14:07:25 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -1164,14 +1164,13 @@ su - postgres
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-       <term><option>--enable-thread-safety</option></term>
+       <term><option>--disable-thread-safety</option></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
-         Make the client libraries thread-safe.  This allows
+         Disable the thread-safety of client libraries.  This prevents
          concurrent threads in <application>libpq</application> and
-         <application>ECPG</application> programs to safely control
-         their private connection handles.  This option requires adequate
-         threading support in your operating system.
+         <application>ECPG</application> programs from safely controlling
+         their private connection handles.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -2835,12 +2834,10 @@ MANPATH=/usr/lib/scohelp/%L/man:/usr/dt/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:scohelp:/usr
    </sect3>
 
    <sect3>
-    <title><option>--enable-thread-safety</option> and UnixWare</title>
+    <title>Threading on UnixWare</title>
 
     <para>
-     If you use the <command>configure</command>
-     option <option>--enable-thread-safety</option>,
-     you <emphasis>must</emphasis> use <option>-Kpthread</option>
+     For threading, you<emphasis>must</emphasis> use <option>-Kpthread</option>
      on <emphasis>all</emphasis> libpq-using programs.  libpq
      uses <function>pthread_*</function> calls, which are only
      available with the
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 95c903378ca..5dce33fbd24 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.291 2009/12/02 04:54:10 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.292 2009/12/02 14:07:25 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="libpq">
  <title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
@@ -6579,11 +6579,8 @@ myEventProc(PGEventId evtId, void *evtInfo, void *passThrough)
   </indexterm>
 
   <para>
-   <application>libpq</application> is reentrant and thread-safe if the
-   <filename>configure</filename> command-line option
-   <literal>--enable-thread-safety</> was used when the
-   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> distribution was built.  In
-   addition, you might need to use additional compiler command-line
+   <application>libpq</application> is reentrant and thread-safe by default.
+   You might need to use special compiler command-line
    options when you compile your application code.  Refer to your
    system's documentation for information about how to build
    thread-enabled applications, or look in