Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove "fmgr.h" include
in cube contrib --- caused crash on a Ge
From:
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To:
Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>
Cc:
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>,
PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject:
Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove "fmgr.h" include
in cube contrib --- caused crash on a Ge
Jeremy Drake wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Jeremy Drake wrote:
> > > I think tomorrow I'll try to get the 9.0 compiler set up on a clean VM,
> > > and if the issue duplicates there, I can see about setting up SSH access
> > > if anyone is still interested in investigating this further.
> >
> > What would we investigate except a compiler bug?
>
> To me, simply chalking it up to some uncharacterized compiler bug is still
> quite a bit of black magic.
>
> But, if that explanation is good enough for you, I've certainly got
> better things to do with my holiday than spending time on this :)
If the underlying tools are buggy, the system can't be reliable. We
can't invest time to track down every compiler bug, especially when
there are later compiler versions available.
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