Re: lib/53585: libpthread stubs are incomplete

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/53585; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, 
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Subject: Re: lib/53585: libpthread stubs are incomplete
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 08:29:25 -0400

 On Sep 9,  7:00am, coypu%sdf.org@localhost (coypu%sdf.org@localhost) wrote:
 -- Subject: lib/53585: libpthread stubs are incomplete
 
 | >Number:         53585
 | >Category:       lib
 | >Synopsis:       libpthread stubs are incomplete
 | >Confidential:   no
 | >Severity:       serious
 | >Priority:       medium
 | >Responsible:    lib-bug-people
 | >State:          open
 | >Class:          sw-bug
 | >Submitter-Id:   net
 | >Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 09 07:00:00 +0000 2018
 | >Originator:     coypu
 | >Release:        8.99.25
 | >Organization:
 | >Environment:
 | NetBSD localhost 8.99.25 NetBSD 8.99.25 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Sep  7 04:30:52 IDT 2018  fly@localhost:/home/fly/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
 | 
 | >Description:
 | some examples:
 | pthread__cleanup_push
 | pthread_cancel
 | pthread_create
 
 No, they are not incomplete: they are not implemented on purpose.
 If you don't have threads, skipping the locking functionality is fine,
 but you can't pretend to skip thread creation. If you don't have thread
 creation, you don't need cancellation, or cleanup.
 
 christos