Re: [BUGS] Three Regression Test Problems involving dates

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Duncan Kinder" <dckinder(at)mountain(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] Three Regression Test Problems involving dates
Date: 1999-10-10 16:13:07
Message-ID: 2177.939571987@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Duncan Kinder" <dckinder(at)mountain(dot)net> writes:
> Set forth below are three regression test failures encountered on RedHat
> 6.0. All involved differences between expected and actual dates. The
> actual date is the date the test was run:

I see no date problems there. Are you mistaking the diff headers for
data differences?

Anyway, the exp/pow problems are probably the result of a known
configuration glitch: if finite() is a function rather than a macro
on your machine, then 6.5.* doesn't do overflow testing correctly for
these two functions. The polygon diffs look like just the usual
cross-machine differences in floating-point roundoff error, and the
random diff is, well, random. (Run it again and it probably won't
fail.)

In short, nothing to worry about here.

regards, tom lane

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