Re: thread_test.c problems

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > My plan is to have 'configure' run this program as part of its
> > operation,
>
> Peter's not going to be happy with you ;-)  Runtime configure tests are
> not part of the Grand Plan --- ideally configure should only have to do
> compile and link tests.

Yep, I am sure he isn't, but looking at platforms that have different
thread-safety capabilities, I can't see a way around it.  We could
argue that the thread test is testing the thread library, not the actual
computer it is running in.  For example, it isn't do a 'df'.

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