From: Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:02:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve QNX support in GIT
Message-ID: <20130226210246.GB3502@ftbfs.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAHXAxrOcC7GX-rhT793t4vcF68TvrE9w9OW856+7cGDBGMx0VA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:32:16PM +0200, Mike Gorchak wrote:
> I see. Most resource managers use procmgr_daemon(), which has no such
> limitation. Anyway, as far as I can see current git sources do not use
> fork together with pthread, except for daemonize() function.

If threads are enabled, git does use fork after calling pthread_create:

 * When I run "git grep foo".
 * When I run "git fetch" to update my git working copy, which is
   using an HTTPS remote.

Both of these commands fail as a result.