This function does nothing and always returns 0 in programs that are not
linked with @code{-lpthread} on some platforms:
FreeBSD 6.4, HP-UX 11.31, Solaris 9.
+@item
+When it fails, this functions returns -1 instead of the error number on
+some platforms:
+Cygwin 1.7.5.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: