Is the 7.3.1 geometry regression test supposed to pass perfectly on Solaris 8 x86?

Hi guys,

Just compiled PG 7.3.1 on Solaris 8 x86, and it failed the GEOMETRY 
regression test with one of those "15th decimal place is one digit 
different from expected" types of errors.

Nothing critical, but not sure if we're trying to have the correct 
results already accounted for, for Solaris 8 x86.

This is the regression.diff in case it's useful:

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bash-2.03$ more /install/postgresql-7.3.1/src/test/regress/regression.diffs
*** ./expected/geometry-solaris-i386-pc.out     Fri Mar 23 01:43:19 2001
--- ./results/geometry.out      Wed Jan  8 21:27:49 2003
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*** 127,133 ****          | (-5,-12)   | [(10,-10),(-3,-4)]            | 
(-1.60487804878049,-4.64390243902439)          | (10,10)    | [(10,-10),(-3,-4)]            | 
(2.39024390243902,-6.48780487804878)          | (0,0)      | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(0.0028402365895872,15.384614860264)
!         | (-10,0)    | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-9.99715942258202,15.3864610140473)          | (-3,4)     | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-2.99789812267519,15.3851688427303)          | (5.1,34.5) | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(5.09647083221496,15.3836744976925)          | (-5,-12)   | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-4.99494420845634,15.3855375281616)
--- 127,133 ----          | (-5,-12)   | [(10,-10),(-3,-4)]            | 
(-1.60487804878049,-4.64390243902439)          | (10,10)    | [(10,-10),(-3,-4)]            | 
(2.39024390243902,-6.48780487804878)          | (0,0)      | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(0.0028402365895872,15.384614860264)
!         | (-10,0)    | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-9.99715942258202,15.3864610140472)          | (-3,4)     | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-2.99789812267519,15.3851688427303)          | (5.1,34.5) | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(5.09647083221496,15.3836744976925)          | (-5,-12)   | [(-1000000,200),(300000,-40)] | 
(-4.99494420845634,15.3855375281616)
***************
*** 152,158 ****       | 
(2.12132034355964,2.12132034355964),(-2.12132034355964,-2.12132034355964)       | 
(71.7106781186548,72.7106781186548),(-69.7106781186548,-68.7106781186548)       | 
(4.53553390593274,6.53553390593274),(-2.53553390593274,-0.535533905932738)
!      | 
(3.12132034355964,4.12132034355964),(-1.12132034355964,-0.121320343559642)       | 
(107.071067811865,207.071067811865),(92.9289321881345,192.928932188135)       | 
(170.710678118655,70.7106781186548),(29.2893218813452,-70.7106781186548)  (6 rows)
--- 152,158 ----       | 
(2.12132034355964,2.12132034355964),(-2.12132034355964,-2.12132034355964)       | 
(71.7106781186548,72.7106781186548),(-69.7106781186548,-68.7106781186548)       | 
(4.53553390593274,6.53553390593274),(-2.53553390593274,-0.535533905932738)
!      | 
(3.12132034355964,4.12132034355964),(-1.12132034355964,-0.121320343559643)       | 
(107.071067811865,207.071067811865),(92.9289321881345,192.928932188135)       | 
(170.710678118655,70.7106781186548),(29.2893218813452,-70.7106781186548)  (6 rows)
***************
*** 504,510 ****     ORDER BY distance, circle, point using <<;   twentyfour |     circle     |   point    |
distance ------------+----------------+------------+-------------------
 
!             | <(100,0),100>  | (5.1,34.5) | 0.976531926977965              | <(1,2),3>      | (-3,4)     |
1.47213595499958             | <(0,0),3>      | (-3,4)     |                 2              | <(100,0),100>  | (-3,4)
 |  3.07764064044151
 
--- 504,510 ----     ORDER BY distance, circle, point using <<;   twentyfour |     circle     |   point    |
distance ------------+----------------+------------+-------------------
 
!             | <(100,0),100>  | (5.1,34.5) | 0.976531926977964              | <(1,2),3>      | (-3,4)     |
1.47213595499958             | <(0,0),3>      | (-3,4)     |                 2              | <(100,0),100>  | (-3,4)
 |  3.07764064044151
 
***************
*** 519,525 ****              | <(0,0),3>      | (10,10)    |   11.142135623731              | <(1,3),5>      |
(-5,-12)  |  11.1554944214035              | <(1,2),3>      | (-5,-12)   |  12.2315462117278
 
!             | <(1,3),5>      | (5.1,34.5) |  26.7657047773223              | <(1,2),3>      | (5.1,34.5) |
29.757594539282             | <(0,0),3>      | (5.1,34.5) |  31.8749193547455              | <(100,200),10> |
(5.1,34.5)|  180.778038568384
 
--- 519,525 ----              | <(0,0),3>      | (10,10)    |   11.142135623731              | <(1,3),5>      |
(-5,-12)  |  11.1554944214035              | <(1,2),3>      | (-5,-12)   |  12.2315462117278
 
!             | <(1,3),5>      | (5.1,34.5) |  26.7657047773224              | <(1,2),3>      | (5.1,34.5) |
29.757594539282             | <(0,0),3>      | (5.1,34.5) |  31.8749193547455              | <(100,200),10> |
(5.1,34.5)|  180.778038568384
 

======================================================================

bash-2.03$

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CFLAGS and other relevant environment variables at time of compilation 
(trying to find the best ones):

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LD_OPTIONS=-L/opt/pgsql/lib -R$ORIGIN/../lib -R/opt/pgsql/lib -i -s -z 
origin
MACHTYPE=i386-sun-solaris
CPPFLAGS=-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -march=i586 
-mcpu=i686 -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -I/opt/pgsql/include
CFLAGS=-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -march=i586 
-mcpu=i686 -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations -I/opt/pgsql/include
HOSTTYPE=i386
OSTYPE=solaris
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin

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Compiled using "./configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql --with-openssl"

Is this stuff useful?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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