Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware

Dear Tom,
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:24:21 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> To: ohp@pyrenet.fr
> Cc: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>,
>     Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>,
>     pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] cvs head initdb hangs on unixware 
> 
> ohp@pyrenet.fr writes:
>> FWIW, I have attached the 2 generated .s. Someone with knowledge of asm
>> may want to have a look..
>
> Hmm.  It looks to me like the compiler is getting confused by the
> interaction between nodeno, leftnodeno, and rightnodeno.  Try this
> patch to see if it gets around it.  (This is a tad better anyway
> since it avoids examining the right child if not needed.)
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
>
Brillant!
You made my day, can't wait for this patch to be committed.  Thanks!!!

PS:   I wish I had 10% of your knowledge/genius!
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