| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware |
| Date: | 2008-12-10 11:41:18 |
| Message-ID: | 200812101141.mBABfIp05716@momjian.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > I find it pretty scary to work around compiler bugs like this. Who knows
> > what other code it miscompiles. Can you reduce fsm_search_avail into a
> > small stand-alone test program, and file a bug report with the compiler
> > vendor?
> >
> > BTW, why does this work on warthog buildfarm member? Different compiler
> > version?
>
> The archives are full of compiler bugs specifically in the SCO compilers
> appearing and disappearing in various versions. We usually don't try to
> work around it; instead we make a note to avoid certain compiler
> versions. Filing upstream bugs usually also works.
The SCO compiler is so bad and so prone to breakage that I question
whether it is even worth filing upstream bug reports.
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