Re: [PATCH] Change configure to check if pthreads are usable without any extra flags

On 09.07.2012, at 21:23, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Max Horn [off-list ref] writes:

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would it be feasible for the purpose of
the check to tweak the definition of "works" used in the loop so that
it considers the warning as "not working"?

That would be possible, and probably a good idea. But it is also
completely orthogonal to my patch. Indeed, if done without my
patch,...

No, I was suggesting it as a possible way to make the addition of ""
order independent (which you said is impossible in your initial
reply).

This would make things "order independent" for the specific subset of pthread implementations git supports right now. But there are systems where e.g. both -lpthreads and -lpthread work (link correctly, produce no warnings), but only one provides a POSIX compliant pthread implementation. For such systems, order will play a role, no matter what. Granted, git does not yet support such systems (with regards to pthreads, at least) at all. 

But all in all, I don't understand why this order independence seems to be so important? To me it seems merely an illusion anyway, not worth the extra effort.