diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d4cfc5b26b521eb9bb081462242bff31ec306527..74245b7c423547f7412055a2ea98f123e2bd6197 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2909,7 +2909,7 @@ if test "${enable_thread_safety+set}" = set; then
     yes)
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define USE_THREADS 1
+#define ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY 1
 _ACEOF
 
       ;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 55b8121cad10ff498067459dc211a6f980c39748..940524b62cea18115732a9072a699ed149efc2f5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.302 2003/11/03 14:42:08 tgl Exp $
+dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.303 2003/11/24 13:16:22 petere Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ IFS=$ac_save_IFS
 #
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([allow thread-safe client libraries])
 PGAC_ARG_BOOL(enable, thread-safety, no, [  --enable-thread-safety  make client libraries thread-safe],
-              [AC_DEFINE([USE_THREADS], 1,
+              [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY], 1,
                          [Define to 1 to build client libraries as thread-safe code. (--enable-thread-safety)])])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_thread_safety])
 AC_SUBST(enable_thread_safety)
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index cce536adb2d8d5a9caac761b02e42efef1a08160..b53fed22572ed85e0490530b6bd650c0457ad0e2 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you want National Language Support. (--enable-nls) */
 #undef ENABLE_NLS
 
+/* Define to 1 to build client libraries as thread-safe code.
+   (--enable-thread-safety) */
+#undef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
+
 /* Define to 1 if gettimeofday() takes only 1 argument. */
 #undef GETTIMEOFDAY_1ARG
 
@@ -609,10 +613,6 @@
 /* Define to select SysV-style shared memory. */
 #undef USE_SYSV_SHARED_MEMORY
 
-/* Define to 1 to build client libraries as thread-safe code.
-   (--enable-thread-safety) */
-#undef USE_THREADS
-
 /* Define to select unnamed POSIX semaphores. */
 #undef USE_UNNAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c
index 4b7683633bda727f0d2d25680616946f9e82d40c..31d558d44769a7810ed2dd1bb7751e2f63829e79 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c,v 1.17 2003/08/24 18:36:38 petere Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/connect.c,v 1.18 2003/11/24 13:16:22 petere Exp $ */
 
 #define POSTGRES_ECPG_INTERNAL
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include "ecpgtype.h"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "extern.h"
 #include "sqlca.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 static pthread_mutex_t connections_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #endif
 static struct connection *all_connections = NULL;
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ ECPGget_connection(const char *connection_name)
 {
 	struct connection *ret = NULL;
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 
 	ret = ecpg_get_connection_nr(connection_name);
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ ECPGconnect(int lineno, int c, const char *name, const char *user, const char *p
 		realname = strdup(dbname);
 
 	/* add connection to our list */
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 	if (connection_name != NULL)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ ECPGconnect(int lineno, int c, const char *name, const char *user, const char *p
 		char	   *db = realname ? realname : "<DEFAULT>";
 
 		ecpg_finish(this);
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 		ECPGlog("connect: could not open database %s on %s port %s %s%s%s%s in line %d\n\t%s\n",
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ ECPGconnect(int lineno, int c, const char *name, const char *user, const char *p
 			ECPGfree(dbname);
 		return false;
 	}
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ ECPGdisconnect(int lineno, const char *connection_name)
 	struct sqlca_t *sqlca = ECPGget_sqlca();
 	struct connection *con;
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ ECPGdisconnect(int lineno, const char *connection_name)
 
 		if (!ECPGinit(con, connection_name, lineno))
 		{
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 			pthread_mutex_unlock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 			return (false);
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ ECPGdisconnect(int lineno, const char *connection_name)
 			ecpg_finish(con);
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&connections_mutex);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
index d9a77ff3266207aaa70145ddeba32725bbb76ee7..c05fcd5d7e913266764d3597b6333e836952984f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c,v 1.16 2003/10/21 15:34:34 tgl Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/misc.c,v 1.17 2003/11/24 13:16:22 petere Exp $ */
 
 #define POSTGRES_ECPG_INTERNAL
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include "ecpgtype.h"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct sqlca_t sqlca_init =
 	}
 };
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 static pthread_key_t sqlca_key;
 static pthread_once_t sqlca_key_once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static struct sqlca_t sqlca =
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 static pthread_mutex_t debug_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static pthread_mutex_t debug_init_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #endif
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ECPGinit(const struct connection * con, const char *connection_name, const int l
 	return (true);
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 static void
 ecpg_sqlca_key_init(void)
 {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ ecpg_sqlca_key_init(void)
 struct sqlca_t *
 ECPGget_sqlca(void)
 {
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	struct sqlca_t *sqlca;
 
 	pthread_once(&sqlca_key_once, ecpg_sqlca_key_init);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ ECPGtrans(int lineno, const char *connection_name, const char *transaction)
 void
 ECPGdebug(int n, FILE *dbgs)
 {
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&debug_init_mutex);
 #endif
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ ECPGdebug(int n, FILE *dbgs)
 	debugstream = dbgs;
 	ECPGlog("ECPGdebug: set to %d\n", simple_debug);
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&debug_init_mutex);
 #endif
 }
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ ECPGlog(const char *format,...)
 {
 	va_list		ap;
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&debug_mutex);
 #endif
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ ECPGlog(const char *format,...)
 
 		if (f == NULL)
 		{
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 			pthread_mutex_unlock(&debug_mutex);
 #endif
 			return;
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ ECPGlog(const char *format,...)
 		ECPGfree(f);
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&debug_mutex);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/port/thread.c b/src/port/thread.c
index c77c5586bba5e5e838347632190e23b82fb89bb8..11cd1ca3dc65ba43c02638802f95c5236ab83b39 100644
--- a/src/port/thread.c
+++ b/src/port/thread.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $Id: thread.c,v 1.12 2003/10/26 04:29:15 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c,v 1.13 2003/11/24 13:16:22 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #else
 #include <pwd.h>
 #endif
-#if defined(USE_THREADS)
+#if defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY)
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 char *
 pqStrerror(int errnum, char *strerrbuf, size_t buflen)
 {
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
 	/* reentrant strerror_r is available */
 	/* some early standards had strerror_r returning char * */
 	strerror_r(errnum, strerrbuf, buflen);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pqStrerror(int errnum, char *strerrbuf, size_t buflen)
 
 #else
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
 	static pthread_mutex_t strerror_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&strerror_lock);
 #endif
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pqStrerror(int errnum, char *strerrbuf, size_t buflen)
 	/* no strerror_r() available, just use strerror */
 	StrNCpy(strerrbuf, strerror(errnum), buflen);
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_STRERROR_R)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&strerror_lock);
 #endif
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int
 pqGetpwuid(uid_t uid, struct passwd *resultbuf, char *buffer,
 		   size_t buflen, struct passwd **result)
 {
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
 	/*
 	 * Early POSIX draft of getpwuid_r() returns 'struct passwd *'.
 	 *    getpwuid_r(uid, resultbuf, buffer, buflen)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pqGetpwuid(uid_t uid, struct passwd *resultbuf, char *buffer,
 
 #else
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
 	static pthread_mutex_t getpwuid_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&getpwuid_lock);
 #endif
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pqGetpwuid(uid_t uid, struct passwd *resultbuf, char *buffer,
 	/* no getpwuid_r() available, just use getpwuid() */
 	*result = getpwuid(uid);
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETPWUID_R)
 
 	/* Use 'buffer' memory for storage of strings used by struct passwd */
 	if (*result &&
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pqGethostbyname(const char *name,
 				struct hostent **result,
 				int *herrno)
 {
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
 	/*
 	 * broken (well early POSIX draft) gethostbyname_r() which returns
 	 * 'struct hostent *'
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pqGethostbyname(const char *name,
 
 #else
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
 	static pthread_mutex_t gethostbyname_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&gethostbyname_lock);
 #endif
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pqGethostbyname(const char *name,
 	/* no gethostbyname_r(), just use gethostbyname() */
 	*result = gethostbyname(name);
 
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
 
 	/*
 	 *	Use 'buffer' memory for storage of structures used by struct hostent.
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ pqGethostbyname(const char *name,
 	if (*result != NULL)
 		*herrno = h_errno;
 		
-#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(USE_THREADS) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
+#if defined(FRONTEND) && defined(ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY) && defined(NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS) && !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R)
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&gethostbyname_lock);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/tools/thread/thread_test.c b/src/tools/thread/thread_test.c
index 22d925ebef1075b779e2e1d67bf107402e8641af..6cec96ac29a1e4875ea5455785e75bde7eccc1c1 100644
--- a/src/tools/thread/thread_test.c
+++ b/src/tools/thread/thread_test.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/tools/thread/Attic/thread_test.c,v 1.3 2003/10/24 20:48:10 momjian Exp $
+ *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/tools/thread/Attic/thread_test.c,v 1.4 2003/11/24 13:16:22 petere Exp $
  *
  *	This program tests to see if your standard libc functions use
  *	pthread_setspecific()/pthread_getspecific() to be thread-safe.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 
-#ifdef USE_THREADS
+#ifdef ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>