From 80609ab96e830810d9e8b3e5e9c28a37f5ebdffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothee Cour <timothee.cour2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 21:58:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix #12330

---
 lib/core/locks.nim | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/locks.nim b/lib/core/locks.nim
index 392c8aed45403..42d67388f2082 100644
--- a/lib/core/locks.nim
+++ b/lib/core/locks.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 
 when not compileOption("threads") and not defined(nimdoc):
-  {.error: "Locks requires --threads:on option.".}
+  when false: # fix #12330
+    {.error: "Locks requires --threads:on option.".}
 
 const insideRLocksModule = false
 include "system/syslocks"