Re: 8.0.0beta1: make check fails on solaris8

I've applied the attached patch to try to fix this problem with minimal
run-time cost.  Since I don't have a Solaris machine I can't positively
confirm it works --- would one of you please test?

			regards, tom lane


*** src/backend/utils/adt/float.c.orig	Wed Aug  4 17:34:02 2004
--- src/backend/utils/adt/float.c	Wed Aug 11 13:16:58 2004
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*** 317,322 ****
--- 317,334 ----
  					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type real: \"%s\"",
  							orig_num)));
  	}
+ #ifdef HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD
+ 	else
+ 	{
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Many versions of Solaris have a bug wherein strtod sets endptr
+ 		 * to point one byte beyond the end of the string when given
+ 		 * "inf" or "infinity".
+ 		 */
+ 		if (endptr != num && endptr[-1] == '\0')
+ 			endptr--;
+ 	}
+ #endif /* HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD */
  
  	/* skip trailing whitespace */
  	while (*endptr != '\0' && isspace((unsigned char) *endptr))
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*** 482,487 ****
--- 494,511 ----
  					 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type double precision: \"%s\"",
  							orig_num)));
  	}
+ #ifdef HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD
+ 	else
+ 	{
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Many versions of Solaris have a bug wherein strtod sets endptr
+ 		 * to point one byte beyond the end of the string when given
+ 		 * "inf" or "infinity".
+ 		 */
+ 		if (endptr != num && endptr[-1] == '\0')
+ 			endptr--;
+ 	}
+ #endif /* HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD */
  
  	/* skip trailing whitespace */
  	while (*endptr != '\0' && isspace((unsigned char) *endptr))
*** src/include/port/solaris.h.orig	Sun Mar 14 22:29:22 2004
--- src/include/port/solaris.h	Wed Aug 11 13:16:50 2004
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*** 35,37 ****
--- 35,44 ----
  #define		 BYTE_ORDER		 LITTLE_ENDIAN
  #endif
  #endif
+ 
+ /*
+  * Many versions of Solaris have broken strtod() --- see bug #4751182.
+  * For the moment we just assume they all do; it's probably not worth
+  * the trouble to add a configure test for this.
+  */
+ #define HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD