Re: Alpha4 release blockers (was Re: wrapping up this CommitFest)

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Alpha4 release blockers (was Re: wrapping up this CommitFest)
Date: 2011-03-02 19:20:22
Message-ID: 4D6E9876.2080101@dunslane.net
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On 03/02/2011 02:12 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Andrew Dunstan's message of mié mar 02 14:02:30 -0300 2011:
>> On 03/02/2011 11:49 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Well, we can eliminate that last theory, because there were both 32 and
>>> 64 bit buildfarm machines showing the crash, cf bobcat and crake.
>>> BTW, I see the former is now running F14, not F13 as claimed on the
>>> buildfarm dashboard,
>>
>> That's because David apparently hasn't run update_personality.pl,
>> although he has in the past.
> Does this also explain that "moa" reports being GCC while it's actually
> Sun Studio?

No, that's just plain wrong. update_personality lets you change the OS
and compiler version, but not the name or either. If you change OS or
compiler you need a new animal.

In this case it just looks like it was misdescribed from the start, so
I'll fix it in the database.

cheers

andrew

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