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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:35:22 -0400
From: Bill Stoddard <bill@wstoddard.com>
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To: Klaus Keppler <klaus.keppler@informatik.stud.uni-erlangen.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] RESEND: fixing condvar bug under WIN32
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Klaus Keppler wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> As I already mentioned many many many weeks ago, the implementation
> of condition variables under WIN32 has at least one nasty bug which
> may lead to a deadlock
> (see http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27654)
> 
> In my application which uses APR I really *do* experience this
> deadlock unless I apply the patch (see attachment) to
> locks/win32/thread_cond.c

Cliff,
The apr_thread_cond code in Windows is pretty crufty stuff.  I'm going to try to find some time to do a 
rewrite. If I'm not done by the time your ready to roll 1.01, then commit Klaus' patch.

Bill