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OpenBSD 7.3 changed its implementation of pthread_get_name_np/pthread_set_name_np to wrap new libc functions getthrname/setthrname and lowered the max buffer size from 32 to 24. This is not a backwards-compatible change because if we were to put in comptime version logic to use size 32 when target < 7.3 the binaries would be undefined when running on >= 7.3. It also could simply be that OpenBSD has a policy to not support older binaries running on newer releases? Regardless, the safest course is to simply use the smallest known buffer size. As an aside, this bug manifested as a "hung" std.Thread test because 7.3 pthread API never checks for error result when wrapping getthrname/setthrname. This is not a problem in std.Thread when we use the correct max buffer size because ERANGE/EINVAL become unreachable.
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- Introduction
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- Chapter 0 - Getting Started | ZigLearn.org
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The ultimate goal of the Zig project is to serve users. As a first-order effect, this means users of the compiler, helping programmers to write better software. Even more important, however, are the end-users.
Zig is intended to be used to help end-users accomplish their goals. Zig should be used to empower end-users, never to exploit them financially, or to limit their freedom to interact with hardware or software in any way.
However, such problems are best solved with social norms, not with software licenses. Any attempt to complicate the software license of Zig would risk compromising the value Zig provides.
Therefore, Zig is available under the MIT (Expat) License, and comes with a humble request: use it to make software better serve the needs of end-users.
This project redistributes code from other projects, some of which have other licenses besides MIT. Such licenses are generally similar to the MIT license for practical purposes. See the subdirectories and files inside lib/ for more details.