Noteworthy changes in version 1.8 (2024-11-12) [C3/A3/R0]
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* Fix npth_cond_signal and npth_cond_broadcast on Windows. [T7386]
* New function npth_get_version. New macros NPTH_VERSION and
NPTH_VERSION_NUMBER.
* Fix INSERT_EXPOSE_RWLOCK_API for musl C library. [T5664]
* Add fallback implementation for POSIX semaphore API on macOS.
[T7057]
* Return a run-time error if npth_rwlock_timedrdlock is not
supported. [T7109]
Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T7387
Noteworthy changes in version 1.7 (2024-02-23) [C2/A2/R0]
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* The npth-config command is not installed by default, because it is
now replaced by use of pkg-config/gpgrt-config with npth.pc.
Supply --enable-install-npth-config configure option, if needed.
* Support for legacy systems w/o pthread_rwlock_t support. [T4306]
* New functions npth_poll and npth_ppoll for Unix. [T5748]
* Fixes to improve support for 64 bit Windows.
* Fix declaration conflict using newer mingw versions. [T5889]
* Fix build problems on Solaris 11. [T4491]
* Fix detecting of the pthread library. [rPTH6629a4b801]
* Clean up handling of unsafe semaphores on AIX. [T6947]
* Link without -flat_namespace to support macOS 11. [T5610]
Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T7010
OpenWrt package maintainer note:
* NPTH's buildsystem now requires the REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME (ie. with the
libc being the suffix, eg. '*-musl' or '*-gnu') to be passed to
`configure`, override CONFIGURE_ARGS to do so.
* Switch to use pkg-config.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>