Re: version() output vs. 32/64 bits

Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > On Wednesday 31 December 2008 04:45:01 Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> PostgreSQL 8.4devel on i386-pc-bsdi4.3.1, compiled by GCC 2.95.3, 32-bit
>
> > Maybe we should separate all that, e.g.,
>
> > SELECT version(); => 'PostgreSQL 8.4devel'
> > SELECT pg_host_os(); => 'bsdi4.3.1'
> > SELECT pg_host_cpu(); => 'i386' (although this is still faulty, as per my
> > original argument; needs some thought)
> > SELECT pg_compiler(); => 'GCC 2.95.3'
> > SELECT pg_pointer_size(); => 4 (or 32) (this could also be a SHOW variable)
>
> Seems like serious overkill. No one has asked for access to individual
> components of the version string, other than the PG version number
> itself, which we already dealt with.

Maybe we could have a separate function which returned the info in
various columns (OUT params). Maybe it would be useful to normalize the
info as reported the buildfarm, which right now is a bit ad-hoc.

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