On 2020-Oct-18, Tom Lane wrote:
> It doesn't really seem sane to me to support two different build
> environments for thread_test, especially when one of them is so
> little-used that it can be broken for years before we notice.
> So I'd be inclined to rip out the Makefile and just consider
> that thread_test.c is *only* meant to be used by configure.
> If we wish to resurrect the standalone build method, we could
> probably do so by adding LIBS to the Makefile's link command
> ... but what's the point, and what will keep it from getting
> broken again later?
Standalone usage of that program is evidently non-existant, so +1 for
removing the Makefile and just keep the configure compile path for it.
BTW the only animal reporting without thread-safety in the buildfarm is
gaur.