From: George Marrows <george.marrows@...>
Date: 2005-10-19T05:56:26+09:00
Subject: [PATCH] improve some Ruby/Tk extconf.rb messages

I've cleaned up some of the pthread related messages in Ruby/Tk's  
extconf.rb. I hope I haven't changed the meaning at all - let me know  
if they need further rework. Patch is against main 1.9 branch.

-- George

$ cvs diff -u ext/tk/extconf.rb
Index: ext/tk/extconf.rb
===================================================================
RCS file: /src/ruby/ext/tk/extconf.rb,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 extconf.rb
--- ext/tk/extconf.rb   23 May 2005 07:27:08 -0000      1.10
+++ ext/tk/extconf.rb   12 Oct 2005 20:42:25 -0000
@@ -172,10 +172,11 @@
** PTHREAD SUPPORT CHECK WARNING:
**
**   We cannot check the consistency of pthread support between Ruby
-**   and Tcl/Tk library on your environment (do coss-compile?). If the
-**   consistency is not kept, some memory troubles (e.g. "Hang-up" or
-**   "Segmentation Fault") may bother you. We strongly recommend you to
-**   check the consistency by your own hand.
+**   and the Tcl/Tk library in your environment (are you perhaps
+**   cross-compiling?). If pthread support for these 2 packages is
+**   inconsistent you may find you get errors when running Ruby/Tk
+**   (e.g. hangs or segmentation faults).  We strongly recommend
+**   you to check the consistency manually.
**
************************************************************************ 
*****
')
@@ -215,17 +216,17 @@
**
** PTHREAD SUPPORT MODE WARNING:
**
-**   Ruby is compiled with --enable-pthread, but your Tcl/Tk libraries
-**   seems to be compiled without "pthread support". Although You can
-**   create tcltklib library, this combination may cause memory trouble
-**   (e.g. "Hang-up" or "Segmentation Fault"). If you have no reason  
you
-**   must have to keep current pthread support status, we recommend you
-**   to make both or neither libraries to support pthread.
+**   Ruby is compiled with --enable-pthread, but your Tcl/Tk library
+**   seems to be compiled without pthread support. Although you can
+**   create the tcltklib library, this combination may cause errors
+**   (e.g. hangs or segmentation faults). If you have no reason to
+**   keep the current pthread support status, we recommend you  
reconfigure
+**   and recompile the libraries so that both or neither support  
pthreads.
**
**   If you want change the status of pthread support, please recompile
**   Ruby without "--enable-pthread" configure option or recompile  
Tcl/Tk
**   with "--enable-threads" configure option (if your Tcl/Tk is later
-**   than  or equal to Tcl/Tk8.1).
+**   than or equal to Tcl/Tk 8.1).
**
************************************************************************ 
*****
')
@@ -247,16 +248,16 @@
        puts(%Q'\
************************************************************************ 
*****
**
-** PTHREAD SUPPORT MODE ERRROR:
+** PTHREAD SUPPORT MODE ERROR:
**
**   Ruby is not compiled with --enable-pthread, but your Tcl/Tk
-**   libararies seems to be compiled with "pthread support". This
-**   combination possibly cause "Hang-up" or "Segmentation Fault"
-**   frequently when Ruby/Tk is working. We NEVER recommend you to
-**   create the library under such combination of pthread support.
+**   library seems to be compiled with pthread support. This
+**   combination may cause frequent hang or segmentation fault
+**   errors when Ruby/Tk is working. We recommend that you NEVER
+**   create the library with such a combination of pthread support.
**
-**   Please recompile Ruby with "--enable-pthread" configure option
-**   or recompile Tcl/Tk with "--disable-threads" configure option.
+**   Please recompile Ruby with the "--enable-pthread" configure option
+**   or recompile Tcl/Tk with the "--disable-threads" configure option.
**
************************************************************************ 
*****
')