From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-02-02T10:41:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Net::HTTP Closes STDIN

On Feb 1, 2007, at 5:51 PM, gwtmp01@mac.com wrote:

>
> On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:46 PM, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if this is related to the --enable-pthread option.  I  
>> used it and wouldn't be surprised to hear that MacPorts did too.   
>> Did you use this option when you did this test?
>
> Sure enough.  When I compiled 1.8.5 with --enable-pthread the test  
> failed.

Ah, so it's likely a pthread issue.  Most of the instruction articles  
floating around the web for installing Ruby on Mac OS X recommend  
adding that option, which is probably why we see this on that platform.

What is the advantage of pthread?  I don't know.

James Edward Gray II