Bug#41277: postgresql: Doesn't work on sparc (fwd)

Can anyone help with this problem, please?

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Date:    Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:03:46 +0200
From:    Ruud de Rooij <ruud@twijfel.twi.tudelft.nl>
To:      submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#41277: postgresql: Doesn't work on sparc

Package: postgresql
Version: 6.5-2
Severity: normal

For some reason, PostgreSQL doesn't work on my Sparcs.  Both are sun4c based,
in case it matters.

Starting the postmaster works, connecting to it with psql causes the
/usr/lib/postgres/bin/postgres child process to stay in an infinite 100% CPU
consuming loop.  Some debugging showed that it hangs inside the S_LOCK function
on line 109 of spin.c.

# gdb postgres 7181
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-linux"...

/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/7181: No such file or directory.
Attaching to program `/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgres', process 7181
Reading symbols from /lib/libcrypt.so.1...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libreadline.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libhistory.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libncurses.so.4...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done.
Reading symbols from /lib/libnss_compat.so.2...done.

SpinAcquire (lockid=-536764404) at spin.c:109
109             S_LOCK(&(slckP->locklock));

(gdb) where
#0  SpinAcquire (lockid=-536764404) at spin.c:109
#1  0xb03d8 in BufferAlloc (reln=0x1c7188, blockNum=0,
    foundPtr=0xefff8bbf " ", bufferLockHeld=0 '\000') at bufmgr.c:376
#2  0xb01fc in ReadBufferWithBufferLock (reln=0x1c7188, blockNum=0,
    bufferLockHeld=0 '\000') at bufmgr.c:252
#3  0xb0168 in ReadBuffer (reln=0x1c7188, blockNum=0) at bufmgr.c:171
#4  0xb0148 in RelationGetBufferWithBuffer (relation=0x1c7188, blockNumber=0,
    buffer=0) at bufmgr.c:142
#5  0x3413c in heapgettup (relation=0x1c7188, tuple=0x1c9cb4, dir=1,
    buffer=0x1c9cd8, snapshot=0x0, nkeys=1, key=0x1c9d28) at heapam.c:380
#6  0x3566c in heap_getnext (scandesc=0x1c9ca0, backw=0) at heapam.c:912
#7  0xee018 in scan_pg_rel_seq (buildinfo={infotype = 2, i = {
        info_id = 1238616,
        info_name = 0x12e658 "pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index"}})
    at relcache.c:359
#8  0xedf70 in ScanPgRelation (buildinfo={infotype = 2, i = {
        info_id = 1238616,
        info_name = 0x12e658 "pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index"}})
    at relcache.c:314
#9  0xeebfc in RelationBuildDesc (buildinfo={infotype = 2, i = {
        info_id = 1238616,
        info_name = 0x12e658 "pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index"}})
    at relcache.c:802
#10 0xf0724 in write_irels () at relcache.c:2042
#11 0xf0694 in init_irels () at relcache.c:1866
#12 0xefa0c in RelationInitialize () at relcache.c:1623
#13 0xf4bcc in InitPostgres (name=0xefffd318 "template1") at postinit.c:546
#14 0xbe264 in PostgresMain (argc=-16396, argv=0xffffbff5, real_argc=-16394,
    real_argv=0xffffbff7) at postgres.c:1475
#15 0xa3338 in DoBackend (port=0xffffeca4) at postmaster.c:1628
#16 0xa2d24 in BackendStartup (port=0x1bc838) at postmaster.c:1373
#17 0xa227c in ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:823
#18 0xa1d78 in PostmasterMain (argc=0, argv=0xefffeb34) at postmaster.c:616
#19 0x730cc in main (argc=12, argv=0xefffeb34) at main.c:97
#20 0xe01c2dd0 in   ()

- -- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux rosalyn 2.2.9 #4 Sun Jun 6 10:46:52 EDT 1999 sparc unknow
n

Versions of the packages postgresql depends on:
ii  debianutils     1.11           Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
ii  libc6           2.1.1-9        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libncurses4     4.2-3.2        Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libpgsql2       6.5-2          Shared library libpq.so.2 for PostgreSQL
ii  libreadlineg2   2.1-13.3       GNU readline and history libraries, run-time


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