Re: [musl] pthread_getname_np implementation

["Érico Nogueira" <ericonr@disroot.org>]

On Sat Dec 19, 2020 at 4:23 AM -03,  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i'm new to this list.
>
> I'm trying to compile qt5-5.15.2 with gcc10.2 and musl-1.2.1, and after
> some hours compiling i get:
>
> platform/default/thread.cpp: In function ‘std::string
> mbgl::platform::getCurrentThreadName()’:
> platform/default/thread.cpp:14:5: error: ‘pthread_getname_np’ was
> not
> declared in this scope; did you mean ‘pthread_setname_np’?
> 14 | pthread_getname_np(pthread_self(), name, sizeof(name));
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | pthread_setname_np
>
> I found this thread about musl/pthread_getname_np
> https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2019/07/09/2 ,
> which says
> "Based on the previous discussion of this and others' comments, I think
> adding it[pthread_getname_np] is probably the right thing to do. I'll
> look at it after
> rolling the release. Ping the list again if I don't get around to it
> soon."
> So here is the ping :-)
>
> If there's another way around to get qt5 to compile, that's of course
> also ok for me.

You can patch it out [1]

[1] https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/e64dd67f43c409d2b2db08214084e842d92ad620/srcpkgs/qt5/patches/0014-musl-set_thread_name_np.patch

Implementing it in musl shouldn't be terribly hard either, I think.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Johannes