[pca] new --threads config

[Greg Matthews]

Martin Paul wrote:
> Greg Matthews wrote:
> Any instance of pca-proxy.cgi will always download a single patch from 
> SunSolve, so threads within pca-proxy.cgi won't speed up anything.

ok

> What you *can* do is to use threads on the pca client. This will cause 
> multiple instances of pca-proxy.cgi to be spawned, which will result in 
> parallel downloads from SunSolve (unless the patches are at the proxy 
> already, of course).

which I have tested and works well.

>> [Thu May 08 15:27:02 2008] [error] [client a.b.c.d] Undefined 
>> subroutine &main::share called at /var/www/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi line 
>> 215.
>> [Thu May 08 15:27:02 2008] [error] [client a.b.c.d] Premature end of 
>> script headers: pca-proxy.cgi
> 
> It's a stupid bug in the threads code; I still wonder how this could 
> slip through. It shows up when a certain combination of options (threads 
> being one of them ) is used with pca (normal or proxy mode). It's fixed 
> now in the current development release of pca. Anybody using threads and 
> seeing the above error should use that version.

ok, thanks for the explanation. Its a great util.

GREG

> 
> Thanks for the report!
> 
> Martin.
> 
> 


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