Rewrite AIX blurb to make clear threads are the default, and add note about

setting the non-C++ compiler to a threadsafe one as well.

diff --git a/README b/README
index e81ffbed037340fa1df37ce72cdddf9e93c789f2..d1e7f166fcf53cbe18f7af5eb4e5f625e6c4b1d4 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -266,12 +266,13 @@ DEC Ultrix: compile with GCC to avoid bugs in the native compiler,
        and pass SHELL=/bin/sh5 to Make when installing.
 
 AIX:   A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
-       place.  See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
+       place.  See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done. 
        (The optimizer bug reported at this place in previous releases
-       has been worked around by a minimal code change.)
-       In addition, Gary Duzan has a hint for C++ users: to enable
-       full C++ module support, set CC="xlC" (or CC="xlC_r" for thread
-       support in AIX 4.2.1).
+       has been worked around by a minimal code change.) If you get
+       errors about ptread_* functions, during compile or during
+       testing, try setting CC to a thread-safe (reentrant) compiler,
+       like "cc_r".  For full C++ module support, set CC="xlC_r" (or
+       CC="xlC" without thread support).
 
 HP-UX: Please read the file Misc/HPUX-NOTES for shared libraries.
        When using threading, you may have to add -D_REENTRANT to the