Bug#410219: threads: isRunning() always returns true

[Stephan Suerken]

Package: libcommoncpp2-1.5-0
Severity: normal

Hi,

the ost::Thread::isRunning() method seems to always return true, as the
simple code below shows by not coming back...

This applies to 1.5.1-4 (etch), 1.5.3-1 (sid).

A known working upstream version is 1.0.13.

MfG,

Stephan

Test code:
---
#include <iostream>
#include <cc++/thread.h>

class MyThread: public ost::PosixThread
{
public:
        void run()
        {
                std::cout << "Thread run." << std::endl;
        }
};

int main()
{
        MyThread myThread;
        myThread.start();
        while (myThread.isRunning())
        {
                std::cout << "Thread still running." << std::endl;
                MyThread::sleep(1000);
        }
}

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