Re: [PATCH] grep: fix build with no thread support

> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:47:01AM -0700, Brandon Williams wrote:
> 
> > While taking a look at this bug I discovered that the test suite doesn't
> > pass 100% of the test when compiled with the NO_PTHREADS option. The
> > following tests seem to be failing:
> > 
> > t1060-object-corruption.sh                       (Wstat: 256 Tests: 13 Failed: 3)
> >   Failed tests:  7-9
> >   Non-zero exit status: 1
> > t5306-pack-nobase.sh                             (Wstat: 256 Tests: 4 Failed: 1)
> >   Failed test:  4
> >   Non-zero exit status: 1
> > t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh                    (Wstat: 256 Tests: 12 Failed: 2)
> >   Failed tests:  4-5
> >   Non-zero exit status: 1
> > t5530-upload-pack-error.sh                       (Wstat: 256 Tests: 10 Failed: 1)
> >   Failed test:  10
> >   Non-zero exit status: 1
> > 
> > I didn't take a close look at it but this would seem to indicate that we
> > don't worry to much about systems without pthreads support.  Just food
> > for thought.
> 
> Hmm. We used to. What version did you test? Everything passes for me at
> 0281e487f^ (after that it fails to build). So AFAICT v2.12.0 is the
> first release which does not work with NO_PTHREADS.
> 
> -Peff