MySQL embedded and pthreads

[Ian Monroe]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:
> On 7/29/08, Ian Monroe <ian at monroe.nu> wrote:
>> Ok, well it being build issue doesn't change the fact that we should
>>  depend on vanilla mysql embedded. We shouldn't expect distros (let
>>  alone all us developers) to setup special build environments for
>>  Amarok.
>
> That's of course correct, but what I heard from Edward is that an
> unpatched MySQL-e calls exit() at the slightest error, which surely
> isn't optimal. God knows why they did that..
>
> So maybe we will have to patch and bundle it, simple as that.

Yep that's true. But lets hear back from our Lenz (our mysql contact) first.

Ian