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<P>
On the negative side, the support for character devices (like sound
cards) and other hardware is mostly missing. Although the POSIX
-interface is provided, some additional interfaces like POSIX threads,
-shared memories or semaphores are still under development.
+interface is provided, some additional interfaces like POSIX shared
+memory or semaphores are still under development.
<P>
All this applies to the current development version, and not to the
last release (0.2). We encourage everybody who is interested to try
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<P>
<DL>
+<DT>18 November 2002</DT>
+<DD>
+For one month now, the pthread implementation by Neal Walfield is part
+of the Hurd CVS source tree, and has been used to compile more
+software for the Debian GNU/Hurd archive. The lack of a POSIX
+compatible thread library (the Hurd was based on the cthread
+implementation that originally accompanied Mach) was a show stopper,
+and we are happy about the possibility to not only compile more
+applications, but also to start the work on migrating the Hurd source
+code to pthreads.
+<P>
+
<DT>19 October 2002</DT>
<DD>
The Toronto Hurd Users Group meets again: The <A
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<P>More information can be found at <A
HREF="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/"> UW CS Club website</A> and
at <A HREF="mailto:thug@gnu.org">thug@gnu.org</A>
-</DD>
+<P>
<DT>03 October 2002</DT>
<DD>Marcus Brinkmann speaks about the GNU Hurd at "Reflections |