Re: Updated FAQ_SCO patch

Applied.

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Larry Rosenman wrote:
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> This is an updated FAQ_SCO patch that inludes yesterday's changes, and also
> the float4/float8 issue I raised.
>
> Index: FAQ_SCO
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/FAQ_SCO,v
> retrieving revision 1.9
> diff -u -r1.9 FAQ_SCO
> --- FAQ_SCO 8 Nov 2002 16:49:15 -0000 1.9
> +++ FAQ_SCO 15 May 2004 00:06:29 -0000
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> original author: Andrew Merrill (andrew(at)compclass(dot)com)
>
>
> -PostgreSQL 7.3 can be built on SCO UnixWare 7 and SCO OpenServer 5.
> +PostgreSQL 7.5 can be built on SCO UnixWare 7 and SCO OpenServer 5.
> On OpenServer, you can use either the OpenServer Development Kit or
> the Universal Development Kit.
>
> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
> *) Compiling PostgreSQL using the UDK
> *) Reading the PostgreSQL man pages
> *) C99 Issues with the 7.1.1b Feature Supplement
> +*) --enable-thread-safety and UnixWare
> +*) float4/float8 regression failures on NaN and inf I/O.
>
>
> ***************************************************************************
> @@ -44,6 +46,8 @@
> you install the correct version for your operating system, except as noted
> below.
>
> +Note: on UnixWare 7.1.3 and beyond, the GCC compiler is included on the UDK
> +CD as is GNUMake.
>
> ***************************************************************************
> *) GNU Make
> @@ -52,6 +56,9 @@
> default, it installs as /usr/local/bin/make. To avoid confusion with the
> SCO make program, you may want to rename GNU make to gmake.
>
> +As of UnixWare 7.1.3 and above, the GNU Make program is is the OSTK portion
> +of the UDK CD, and is in /usr/gnu/bin/gmake.
> +
>
> ***************************************************************************
> *) Readline
> @@ -149,4 +156,28 @@
> error in compiling tuplesort.c referencing inline functions.
>
> Apparently there was a change in the 7.1.2(8.0.0) compiler and beyond.
> +
> +
> +***************************************************************************
> +*) --enable-thread-safety and UnixWare
> +
> +If you use the --enable-thread-safety configure flag, you *MUST* use
> -Kpthread
> +on ALL libpq using programs.
> +
> +libpq uses pthread_* calls, which are only available with the
> +-Kpthread/-Kthread flag.
> +
> +***************************************************************************
> +*) float4/float8 regression failures on NaN and inf I/O.
> +
> +You will see regression failures for the float4 and float8 regression
> +tests on the NaN and inf I/O functions. This is due to a bug in SCO's
> strtod
> +library function on BOTH UnixWare and OpenServer. It's slated to be fixed
> +in the first maintenance / update for UnixWare 7.1.4, and probably the
> +next MP/UP for OpenServer 5.0.7 (I'm not sure on the OSR side as of the
> time
> +I'm writing this (2004-05-14).
> +
> +You might also see Join test failures due to ordering differences, and
> these
> +are ok.
> +
>
>
>
> --
> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
> Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler(at)lerctr(dot)org
> US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749

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