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Why does "git fetch" fail on HTTPS URLs with "Function is not available" on HP-UX?

When I run git fetch I get the following:

$ git fetch
Password for 'xxx':
error: cannot create thread: Function is not available
fatal: cannot start thread to parse advertised refs
$
Solution

  • The issue is that this particular distribution of git/curl is lacking pthread. One way to fix it is to use LD_PRELOAD:

    $ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/hpux32/libpthread.so git fetch
Password for 'xxx':
$