Re: Ada multi-threaded programs do not terminate under RedHat Linux

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Ruben Stranders wrote:

> I've compiled it under RedHat Linux 9.0 with "gnatmake test.adb".
> Unfortunately, the resulting program doesn't terminate. Instead of the
> expected output:
> 
> Starting
> Finished
> Test
> 
> it only prints the first two lines. The body of the procedure "test"
> is never called. I've tried this with several other programs and on
> different machines (all with RedHat 9.0). Can anyone give me a
> pointer?

Usually, under Unixes such as Linux, when people try to run a program 
called "test" nothing happens, since they're running a Unix utility 
rather than their program. But if you're getting some of the output from 
your program, I guess that's not the problem.

There has been some discussion here in the past about problems with 
tasking with the GNAT being distributed with some versions of Linux. You 
might try a Google search.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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