Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Would not build with -O2 flags set

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: Ritch Azocar <admin(at)dqu(dot)cc(dot)ca(dot)us>, pgsql-ports(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Would not build with -O2 flags set
Date: 1999-06-07 13:21:04
Message-ID: 199906071321.JAA03638@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > > Only certain platforms do this optimization. I don't think we can fix
> > > > it for 6.5, but it is good to know.
> > > It is most likely a 64bit issue, since my RH-5.2/egcs-1.1.2 machine
> > > does not show a problem (other than floating point funny business with
> > > rounding).
> > But hs is on an alpha. Could be very different optimizations on the
> > different platforms, no?
>
> Sure. But gcc support for Alphas has been around for years, so imho
> the most likely cause for the difference is a size issue in Postgres,
> not an inability on the part of gcc to optimize code.

But he is running egcs alpha, not gcc alpha.

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