Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware

Tom,
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:17:18 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> To: ohp@pyrenet.fr
> Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>,
>     Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>,
>     pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] cvs head initdb hangs on unixware 
> 
> ohp@pyrenet.fr writes:
>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>> BTW, why does this work on warthog buildfarm member? Different compiler
>>> version?
>>>
>> it's configured with --enable-debug.
>> Maybe run_build.pl should run twice, onece with --enable-debug once
>> without.
>
> No, the standard way to deal with such issues is to set up two buildfarm
> members.  This would be a 100% waste of cycles for gcc-based members
> anyway, since gcc generates the same code with or without -g.  However,
> for compilers where it makes a difference, it might well be worth having
> an additional member to test the optimized build.
>
>             regards, tom lane
> I understand your concern. Maybe an option --flip-debug that would not 
be used by gcc owners could help having both tests in 1 run.

In the mean time, while preparing my home unixware server to become an 
other animal, I came on a new optimizer bug in ecpg.

To  not pollute this close thread, I start a new one.

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