Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> I find it pretty scary to work around compiler bugs like this. Who knows 
> what other code it miscompiles. Can you reduce fsm_search_avail into a 
> small stand-alone test program, and file a bug report with the compiler 
> vendor?
> 
> BTW, why does this work on warthog buildfarm member? Different compiler 
> version?

The archives are full of compiler bugs specifically in the SCO compilers 
appearing and disappearing in various versions.  We usually don't try to  work around it; instead we make a note to
avoidcertain compiler 
 
versions.  Filing upstream bugs usually also works.