Re: PG 8.1 supported platforms list: IRIX is MIA

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, bruc(at)stone(dot)congenomics(dot)com
Subject: Re: PG 8.1 supported platforms list: IRIX is MIA
Date: 2005-11-06 17:01:43
Message-ID: 25315.1131296503@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> I had a colleague test for me on his IRIX (6.5?) MIPSPRO machine. The
> following regression tests fail:
> http://treehou.se/~finn/regression.diffs

Hm, looks like strtod() has some bizarre behavior for input "infinity"
on that machine (NOT just failing to recognize it, but doing something
actively incorrect --- we've seen such bugs on Solaris).

I had a success report from someone else on Friday, so maybe this
problem is confined to specific IRIX versions?

regards, tom lane

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