diff --git a/tests/testthreads.c b/tests/testthreads.c
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-/* GTK - The GIMP Toolkit
- * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-/*
- * Modified by the GTK+ Team and others 1997-2000.  See the AUTHORS
- * file for a list of people on the GTK+ Team.  See the ChangeLog
- * files for a list of changes.  These files are distributed with
- * GTK+ at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. 
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#include "config.h"
-
-#ifdef USE_PTHREADS
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-static int nthreads = 0;
-static pthread_mutex_t nthreads_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-
-void
-close_cb (GtkWidget *w, gint *flag)
-{
-  *flag = 1;
-}
-
-gint
-delete_cb (GtkWidget *w, GdkEvent *event, gint *flag)
-{
-  *flag = 1;
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-void *
-counter (void *data)
-{
-  gchar *name = data;
-  gint flag = 0;
-  gint counter = 0;
-  gchar buffer[32];
-  
-  GtkWidget *window;
-  GtkWidget *vbox;
-  GtkWidget *label;
-  GtkWidget *button;
-
-  gdk_threads_enter();
-
-  window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
-  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), name);
-  gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 100, 50);
-
-  vbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, FALSE, 0);
-
-  g_signal_connect (window, "delete-event",
-                    G_CALLBACK (delete_cb), &flag);
-
-  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox);
-
-  label = gtk_label_new ("0");
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), label, TRUE, FALSE, 0);
-
-  button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Close");
-  g_signal_connect (button, "clicked",
-                    G_CALLBACK (close_cb), &flag);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-
-  gtk_widget_show (window);
-
-  /* Since flag is only checked or set inside the GTK lock,
-   * we don't have to worry about locking it explicitly
-   */
-  while (!flag)
-    {
-      sprintf(buffer, "%d", counter);
-      gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (label), buffer);
-      gdk_threads_leave();
-      counter++;
-      /* Give someone else a chance to get the lock next time.
-       * Only necessary because we don't do anything else while
-       * releasing the lock.
-       */
-      sleep(0);
-      
-      gdk_threads_enter();
-    }
-
-  gtk_widget_destroy (window);
-
-  pthread_mutex_lock (&nthreads_mutex);
-  nthreads--;
-  if (nthreads == 0)
-    gtk_main_quit();
-  pthread_mutex_unlock (&nthreads_mutex);
-
-  gdk_threads_leave();
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
-#endif
-
-int 
-main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-#ifdef USE_PTHREADS
-  int i;
-
-  if (!gdk_threads_init())
-    {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Could not initialize threads\n");
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-  gtk_init ();
-
-  pthread_mutex_lock (&nthreads_mutex);
-
-  for (i=0; i<5; i++)
-    {
-      char buffer[5][10];
-      pthread_t thread;
-      
-      sprintf(buffer[i], "Thread %i", i);
-      if (pthread_create (&thread, NULL, counter, buffer[i]))
-	{
-	  fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create thread\n");
-	  exit(1);
-	}
-      nthreads++;
-    }
-
-  pthread_mutex_unlock (&nthreads_mutex);
-
-  gdk_threads_enter();
-  gtk_main();
-  gdk_threads_leave();
-  fprintf(stderr, "Done\n");
-#else /* !USE_PTHREADS */
-  fprintf (stderr, "GTK+ not compiled with threads support\n");
-  exit (1);
-#endif /* USE_PTHREADS */  
-
-  return 0;
-}