Postgres on Alpha+DigitalUnix with ODBC

Hello,

I just compiled the last version of Postgres (details, version numbers, etc,
at the end) on an Alpha with Digital Unix, with the egcs compiler. I had two
problems:

1) src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c does not compile. The code intended
for gcc on the ALpha is really broken (it mixes an int with a struct of two
ints, declared in Digital Unix headers). Using the code intended for other
compilers work fine. (Or seems to: regression tests, both yours and mine,
work, but may be I have no spin locks at all.)

2) ODBC does not compile:

gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -DNOFIXADE -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
-I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c misc.c -o misc.o
misc.c:61: warning: no previous prototype for `mylog'
misc.c: In function `mylog':
misc.c:69: incompatible types in assignment
misc.c:70: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:70: request for member `__base' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:70: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:70: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:70: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
misc.c:80: incompatible type for argument 3 of `vfprintf'
misc.c: At top level:
misc.c:91: warning: no previous prototype for `qlog'
misc.c: In function `qlog':
misc.c:99: incompatible types in assignment
misc.c:100: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:100: request for member `__base' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:100: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:100: request for member `__offset' in something not a structure or union
misc.c:100: warning: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect
misc.c:111: incompatible type for argument 3 of `vfprintf'
make: *** [misc.o] Error 1

It is a bug in the use of va*. Here is a patch which seems to work (not tested the ODBC driver yet):

*** postgresql-6.4.2/src/interfaces/odbc/misc.c Wed Oct 28 18:09:21 1998
--- /local/packages/postgresql-6.4.2/src/interfaces/odbc/misc.c Fri Mar 19 13:36:05 1999
***************
*** 61,67 ****
va_dcl
{
char *fmt;
! char *args;
char filebuf[80];
FILE* LOGFP = globals.mylogFP;

--- 61,67 ----
va_dcl
{
char *fmt;
! va_list args;
char filebuf[80];
FILE* LOGFP = globals.mylogFP;

***************
*** 91,97 ****
va_dcl
{
char *fmt;
! char *args;
char filebuf[80];
FILE* LOGFP = globals.qlogFP;

--- 91,97 ----
va_dcl
{
char *fmt;
! va_list args;
char filebuf[80];
FILE* LOGFP = globals.qlogFP;

A suggestion: change the name of the template from "alpha" to "alphadu" (Digital Unix) because Alpha/Linux has different problems. Do not mix hardware with operating system.

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Postgres : 6.4.2
egcs : 2.91.60 (release 1.1.1)
Digital Unix : V4.0B (Rev. 564)