Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] fixes for sparc-solaris (fwd)

At 6:02 PM 6/25/97, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
>> Any comments on applying this?  It looks good to me.
>
>It's amazing that with all of the testing this is the first indication
>of a problem (with code which has been through several revs even).
>
>Have you tried the patches through the regression tests?
>
>                        - Tom
>
>> > Your name             : Diab Jerius
>> > Your email address    : djerius@cfa.harvard.edu
>> >   Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)       : Sparc
>> >   Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)        : Solaris 2.5.1
>> >   PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.1)  : PostgreSQL-6.1
>> >   Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.7.2)         : SunOS cc 4.0.1

Note that he is using the Sun payware cc compiler.  It should be a good
compiler, but very different in its quirks.  I suspect most users have been
using gcc for a long time, even on platforms that are otherwise dissimilar
like Linux vice *BSD.

Also note he is on Solaris 2, which is not the most standard of Unix
implementations.

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