Re: PostgreSQL 8.0.0beta2 compile error with Sun CC.

Mark Round <mark(at)markround(dot)com> writes:
> If it is changed to ".section", any SunOS 4.1.x -based (pre-1992) system
> will fail to compile it.

Hmm. AFAIK no one has cared about SunOS for a couple of years now.
I was more concerned about whether there were any Solaris versions
that would fail to recognize .section.

> I am guessing here (not a programmer), but as the ".seg" pseudo-op was a
> SunOS 4.1.x construct, you could probably check for a 5.x version of
> SunOS, and in which case, set the lines to ".section". I am not sure
> what the appropriate #ifdef lines should look like, but will try to find
> out for you.

When I went looking a few days ago, it wasn't clear that there were any
predefined symbols that would let one tell the difference --- "__sun"
seems to be the only OS-specific predefine on Solaris, and I imagine it
was defined in SunOS too. But if you find out anything please do let me
know.

regards, tom lane