Re: pg_controldata doesn't report 64/32bit?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_controldata doesn't report 64/32bit?
Date: 2007-12-08 12:01:16
Message-ID: 200712081301.17716.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Samstag, 8. Dezember 2007 schrieb Josh Berkus:
> Pretty much. We're supporting x86 64-bit servers for Solaris now, and
> we need SMF to be able to check whether it can safely run x binaries
> against y data.

Well, the canonical way to do that is to start the server and see if it
succeeds.

You might get an indication that it will not work by running pg_controldata.
But that is probably not a sufficient check.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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