The program segfaults if you link the pthread library as the
first library, because on intel it works in this order
I think it a bug in the egcs alpha.
It needs KDE but this is not a bug in KDE, because it works
on my Intel.

/*

  This program runs in both versions on my Intel RedHat 5.2
but on
  the alpha it gives a segfault if the pthread library is
  linked at first.

  I think this is a bug.

  Intel works:  RH5.2

  Alpha Debian segfault.
  * egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
  * RedHat 52 segfaults

*/

// KDE include files
#include <kapp.h>
#include <pthread.h>


/*



 Success :

g++ -I/opt/kde/include -I/opt/qt/include
-I/usr/X11R6/include -L/opt/kde/lib
-L/opt/qt/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib test.cpp  -lkfile -lkfm
-lkdeui -lkdecore -lqt
-lXext -lX11 -lpthread


 SEGFAULT :

g++ -I/opt/kde/include -I/opt/qt/include
-I/usr/X11R6/include -L/opt/kde/lib
-L/opt/qt/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib test.cpp  -lpthread -lkfile
-lkfm -lkdeui
 -lkdecore -lqt  -lXext -lX11


The only difference is the linking order of the pthread
library.


*/


static void *writerThread(void *arg){
   printf("a\n");
   return NULL;
}

int main(int nargs,char** args) {
   printf("hi\n");
   KApplication a( nargs, args, "kmpg" );
   pthread_t tr;
   printf("hello\n");
   pthread_create(&tr,NULL,writerThread,NULL);
   printf("b\n");
   a.exec();
   return 0;
 }