Re: git can not be built for s390x since update to git-2.38.0

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 21 2022, Eric Sunshine wrote:

> [cc:+git; taking this back to the mailing list so others can weigh in]
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 1:38 AM Sarah Julia Kriesch
> <sarah.kriesch@opensuse.org> wrote:
>>  > Gesendet: Sonntag, 06. November 2022 um 21:42 Uhr
>>  > Von: "Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
>>  >
>>  > On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 2:18 PM Sarah Julia Kriesch
>>  > <sarah.kriesch@opensuse.org> wrote:
>>  > > We have also identified this week, that chainlint.pl --stats says "0
>>  > > tests". That can explain the empty output.
>>  > >
>>  > > ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/git-2.38.1/t> /usr/bin/perl chainlint.pl --stats
>>  > > --emit-all chainlinttmp/tests
>>  > > total: 0 workers, 0 scripts, 0 tests, 0 errors, 0.01s/0.01s (wall/user)
>>  >
>>  > Was `--stats` added for debugging this issue, or is that somehow part
>>  > of your build process?
>>  >
>> Yes. We tried to debug that manually. Therefore, we have added the --stats.
>>
>>  > What is the content of the "chainlinttmp/tests" file? Is it empty?
>>  >
>> It is empty.
>>
>>  > It is quite curious that it reports 0 scripts. It should report 1
>>  > script even if chainlinttmp/file is empty. This might point a finger
>>  > at File::Glob::bsd_glob() returning an empty list for some reason, or
>>  > the problem could be a failure with Perl "ithreads".
>
> Do you happen to know if Perl is built with "ithreads" on your
> platform, and if so, is "ithread" support working?
>
> The empty "chainlinttmp/tests" file also sounds suspicious. If you
> haven't already done so, I would recommend following the advice in [1]
> and running each command individually which Makefile would have run;
> this might allow you to isolate the problematic command or shell
> construct if such exists.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cS184iKk6icG6ML=X+6Ng=fJyfic8izFyp1hT40cChm4g@mail.gmail.com/

I can also reproduce this on gcc202. It's the same issue with ending up
with an empty "tests" file.
	
	avar@gcc202:/run/user/1632/git/t$ uname -a
	Linux gcc202 6.0.0-4-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 6.0.8-1 (2022-11-11) sparc64 GNU/Linux
	avar@gcc202:/run/user/1632/git/t$ lsb_release -a
	No LSB modules are available.
	Distributor ID: Debian
	Description:    Debian GNU/Linux bookworm/sid
	Release:        n/a
	Codename:       bookworm

The change at the tip of
https://lore.kernel.org/git/221122.86cz9fbyln.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/
fixes it for me, i.e. getting rid of the perl threads stuff...

That box is built with "useithreads=define", so it's not that it doesn't
support threading in general.