[mythtv] Ticket #3062: Freebsd compatibility patches

[usleepless at gmail.com]

Isaac, List,

On 2/17/07, Isaac Richards <ijr at case.edu> wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 February 2007 9:15:21 pm Nigel Pearson wrote:
> > [much discussion on programs/mythbackend/mainserver.cpp locking deleted]
> >
> > > Actually, looking at it again, I see what the problem on freebsd
> > > could be.
> > > Easy enough to fix properly, without breaking the lock or just
> > > disabling it..
> > > =)
> > >
> > > Isaac
> >
> > Sorry to hassle you, Myth(ical) boss-man,
> > but did you make any progress on this?
> >
> > Any psuedo-code that usleep could test?
>
> Sorry, I've been out of town for work.  I still have a few thousand emails
> to
> read.  Basically, just need to move the socket's lock into the worker's
> run()
> function (before processing) instead of readyRead(), and add the
> readyReadLock to customEvent()'s 'sendstuff' clause.  I think. =)

why is the readyReadLock necessary?

anyways, isn't it possible to commit the freebsd-specific patch for
the time being?

this way we freebsd-folks can start installing mythtv-svn and running
it. that would certainly help.

thank you for your time and regards,

usleep