Forum OpenACS Development: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work

1: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work

Posted by Hamilton Chua on 08/04/06 03:57 AM

I am trying out the xotcl request monitor.

It seems it doesn't work with libthread 2.6.3.
The libthread module loads successfully but it still fails when "thread::mutex" is called.

I tried libthread 2.6.1 instead and it worked fine.

Can someone confirm if libthread 2.6.3 has worked for them ?

thanks !

2: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 1)

Posted by Neophytos Demetriou on 08/04/06 04:11 AM

There is a "bug" with libthread 2.6.3. Zoran forgot to switch a flag back to its default value and as a result commands are created under the namespace Thread::* instead of thread::*. You might want to ping him about this (I was under the impression he was going to prepare another tarball but it must have escaped his attention).

3: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 1)

Posted by Neophytos Demetriou on 08/04/06 10:50 AM

I've pinged Zoran and he is going to upload a new tarball over the weekend and pump the version number to 2.6.4. Meanwhile, the CVS is in the correct state. If you do a checkout and recompile all is fine. It is was/just a typo in the tclThread.h file.

5: Re: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 3)

Posted by Hamilton Chua on 08/04/06 11:00 AM

Thanks !!!

4: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 1)

Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 08/04/06 11:36 AM

Neophytos explained the situation already correctly. Out of curiosity, do you have any reason for not using using 2.6.1 as suggested in my install notes? Btw, i have moved these to http://www.openacs.org/xowiki/pages/en/xotcl-request-monitor
to improve visablilty.

PS: dave, do you know, why the first includelet for the request monitor in the mentioned page returns an error? Is there an installation on oacs.org needed for this to work?

6: Re: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 4)

Posted by Hamilton Chua on 08/04/06 12:07 PM

No particular reason. It is the latest version available and I tried it

7: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 1)

Posted by Neophytos Demetriou on 08/06/06 01:30 PM

Zoran says: "I have updated the package to 2.6.4 release. This should fix the issues you have reported."

8: Re: xotcl request monitor and libthread 2.6.3 does not seem to work (response to 1)

Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 10/01/06 12:08 PM

I have a question. How can I configure thread (whatever version) in a way that I can install the file into /lib/thread/libthread.so

Note the difference, that it is omitting the version numbers.

Reason is easy. The moment I update the version in AOLserver I have to change my config.tcl file, as it relies on the filename being correct (e.g. /lib/thread2.6.4/libthread2.6.4.so) for loading the package. And I want to have a general statement trying to load whatever libthread package there is in OpenACS config.tcl

9: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 1)

Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 10/01/06 12:17 PM

How do I include the .dylib file into OpenACS on "os x" in the param section. Is there a way to build it in ".so" style?

10: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 9)

Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 10/01/06 03:16 PM

Hi Malte,

I am sure, you know the Mac OS X specific definition:

  ns_section "ns/server/${server}/modules"

    ...

    ns_param libthread  ${homedir}/lib/libthread2.6.1.dylib

    ...

A OS independent definition would be

  ns_section "ns/server/${server}/modules"

    ...

    ns_param libthread  ${homedir}/lib/libthread2.6.1[info sharedlibextension]

    ...

Does this answer your question?

11: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 10)

Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 10/01/06 04:44 PM

Yes, this answers the question and I swear, I tried it before and it did not work. But apparently I made a mistake. Is there a reason not to use 2.6.4 in libthread?

12: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 11)

Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 10/01/06 09:13 PM

I tend to be conservative on the tricky parts of the system. However, have upgraded just now to use 2.6.4 and it is apparently ok.

Saw your patch:
http://cvs.openacs.org/cvs/openacs-4/packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/revision-procs.tcl?r1=1.22&r2=1.23&sortby=date

i have just now updated bgdelivery-procs in cvs head to check for the aolserver patch to avoid surprises with that patch.

13: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 12)

Posted by César Clavería on 01/04/07 06:47 PM

Hello Gustaf,

I have some problems with bgdelivery, I get this error in my log:

Notice: Loading xotcl-core/tcl/bgdelivery-procs.tcl
Notice: AOLserver is not patched for bgdelivery, NOT loading bgdelivery

but I don't know which patches should I applied to AOLserver in order to bgdelivery to load.

14: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 13)

Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 01/04/07 07:26 PM

César,

see http://openacs.org/xowiki/Boost_you_application_performance_to_serve_large_files%21

15: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 14)

Posted by Eduardo Santos on 01/18/07 06:45 PM

I'm sorry, I know this is a dummy question, but I have to apply the patch before install right? Once the Makefile is generated, is there a way to fix it?

16: Re: libthread on Mac OS X (response to 15)

Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 01/18/07 11:36 PM

the patch is does not change the makefile. patch the aolserver and type "make" and "make install" as usual. In case of doubts, have a look at Malte's build file, it contains the patch.