RE: [HACKERS] Bug in postgresql-6.3.2

> The line you are complaining about is:
>
> if ((port->sock = accept(server_fd,
> (struct sockaddr *) & port->raddr,
> &addrlen)) < 0)
>
> while BSDI has accept defined as:
>
> int accept(int s, struct sockaddr *addr, int *addrlen);
>
> So AIX has the last parameter defined as size_t, huh? I looked at the
> accept manual page, and addrlen is the length of the addr field. Hard
> to imagine that is ever going to be larger than an int. Does any other
> OS have that third parameter as anything but an int*?
>
> We may need to add some aix-specific check on a configure check for
> this.

>From aix 4.1 to 4.2, it changed from an int* to an unsigned long*, which
is probably what size_t is defined as.

Wasn't just accept() though. There were other socket functions, but I
don't recall the names offhand. Not around aix anymore either... :)

Check thru the questions digests. I helped a couple of people compile
past this glitch, latest being Jim Kraii I believe.

darrenk