Re: Strange Create Index behaviour

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> So it sure looks like this script does expose a problem on BSD-derived
> qsorts.  Curiously, the case that's much the worst for me is the third
> in the script, while the shortest time is the first case, which was slow
> for Gary.  So I'd venture that the *BSD code has been tweaked somewhere
> along the way, in a manner that moves the problem around without really
> fixing it.  (Anyone want to compare the actual FreeBSD source to what
> we have?)
>
> It's really interesting to see a case where port/qsort is radically
> worse than other qsorts ... unless we figure that out and fix it,
> I think the idea of using port/qsort everywhere has just taken a
> major hit.
>

More specifically to BSD, is there any way I can use a non-BSD qsort for
building Postresql server?

Regards,
Gary.