[Emacs-bug-tracker] bug#6627: closed (Build failure when pthread.h isn’t available)

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> Build failure when pthread.h isn’t available
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> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:16:30 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux)
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> Hello,
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> Coreutils fails to build when <pthread.h> isn’t available:
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> checking for pthread.h... no
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> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/tmp/nix-build-4w3pinfgcmz2majy85flyx53gp10wgvb-coreutils-8.5.89-9face-dirty-i586-pc-gnu.drv-0/coreutils-8.5.89-9face-dirty/lib'
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> ln -f pthread.in.h pthread.h || cp pthread.in.h pthread.h
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> i586-pc-gnu-gcc -std=gnu99  -I. -I../lib  -I../lib    -g -O2 -c sort.c
> sort.c:236:3: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 
> 'pthread_spinlock_t'
> sort.c:243:3: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'pthread_mutex_t'
> sort.c: In function 'lock_node':
> sort.c:3144:3: warning: implicit declaration of function 'pthread_spin_lock'
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> (From <http://hydra.nixos.org/build/484742>.)
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> This is because the Gnulib replacement doesn’t cover all the pthread API
> that’s actually used.
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> A simple fix would be to enclose all the pthread-related code in
> HAVE_PTHREAD_H and not use the Gnulib replacement.
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> BTW, why didn’t you choose OpenMP?  It may have made things easier.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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> bug#6627: Build failure when pthread.h isn’t avai	lable
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> > From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:16:30 +0200
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> > Hello,
> > Coreutils fails to build when <pthread.h> isn’t available:
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> Thanks Ludo, I thought the fixed version would have built
> before you noticed. I'll CC you the next time.
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commit;h=7f2ece89
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> cheers,
> Pádraig.
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> p.s. I responding manually after I noticed the message
> in the bug tracker, but not on the mailing list after 1 hour
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