| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: We no longer have a fallback for machines without working int64 |
| Date: | 2010-01-05 16:04:08 |
| Message-ID: | 20100105160407.GF3660@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> As pointed out here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2010-01/msg00145.php
> the current zic code doesn't cope gracefully with lack of working
> int64. Considering the trouble we've gone to throughout the rest
> of the system to support such compilers, it's a bit annoying to
> have this little detail break it. On the other hand, it's unclear
> that anybody still cares. (Other than people running SCO Openserver,
> for whom I have little sympathy anyway.)
>
> Thoughts? Is it worth expending any energy on?
Yeah, I'd say this much:
#ifdef INT64_IS_BUSTED
#error "unsupported platform"
#endif
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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