Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL supported platform report and a

From: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Olivier PRENANT <ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Billy G(dot) Allie" <Bill(dot)Allie(at)mug(dot)org>, pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL supported platform report and a
Date: 2002-11-07 21:17:28
Message-ID: 28280000.1036703848@lerlaptop.iadfw.net
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--On Thursday, November 07, 2002 22:21:56 +0100 Peter Eisentraut
<peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> Olivier PRENANT writes:
>
>> I don't mind having CFLAGS=-Xb though, done it for php already...
>> By everyone says this should go off so..
>
> The idea of the platform testing is not to determine whether you can
> compile PostgreSQL after performing a secret dance. If it doesn't compile
> with the default options, please don't report it as supported.
It DOES compile out of the box now on 8.0.0(7.1.2) and 7.1.3. Apparently a
compiler
fix between the 7.1.1b FS and 7.1.2.

The -Xb switch is NOT a secret dance. It's needed for LOTS of open source
stuff.

See the discussion from the Caldera folks last week.

Tom's fix fixed the defaults for 7.1.2+

>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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