Index: ossp-pkg/pth/ChangeLog
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/ChangeLog,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.575' '-r1.576' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/ChangeLog,v' 2>/dev/null
--- ChangeLog	2002/10/20 16:22:03	1.575
+++ ChangeLog	2002/10/23 13:55:49	1.576
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 
   Changes between 1.4.1 and 1.5.0 (27-Jan-2002 to xx-Oct-2002)
 
+   *) Allow a NULL name for pth_msgport_create() in order to
+      support locally scoped message ports which are not searched via
+      pth_msgport_find().
+      [Ralf S. Engelschall, Matthew Mondor <mmondor@gobot.ca>]
+
    *) Added "hard syscall mapping" support for using 
       SYS___sigprocmask14 instead of SYS_sigprocmask on NetBSD.
       [Nick Hudson <skrll@netbsd.org>]
Index: ossp-pkg/pth/pth.pod
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/pth.pod,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.154' '-r1.155' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/pth.pod,v' 2>/dev/null
--- pth.pod	2002/10/15 20:34:22	1.154
+++ pth.pod	2002/10/23 13:55:49	1.155
@@ -1266,9 +1266,10 @@
 
 =item pth_msgport_t B<pth_msgport_create>(const char *I<name>);
 
-This returns a pointer to a new message port with name I<name>. The I<name>
-can be used by other threads via pth_msgport_find(3) to find the message port
-in case they do not know directly the pointer to the message port.
+This returns a pointer to a new message port. If name I<name>
+is not C<NULL>, the I<name> can be used by other threads via
+pth_msgport_find(3) to find the message port in case they do not know
+directly the pointer to the message port.
 
 =item void B<pth_msgport_destroy>(pth_msgport_t I<mp>);
 
Index: ossp-pkg/pth/pth_msg.c
RCS File: /v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/pth_msg.c,v
rcsdiff -q -kk '-r1.22' '-r1.23' -u '/v/ossp/cvs/ossp-pkg/pth/pth_msg.c,v' 2>/dev/null
--- pth_msg.c	2002/01/27 11:03:40	1.22
+++ pth_msg.c	2002/10/23 13:55:49	1.23
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@
 {
     pth_msgport_t mp;
 
-    /* check input */
-    if (name == NULL)
-        return_errno(NULL, EINVAL);
+    /* Notice: "name" is allowed to be NULL */
 
     /* allocate message port structure */
     if ((mp = (pth_msgport_t)malloc(sizeof(struct pth_msgport_st))) == NULL)