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

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
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 06:14:15
Message-ID: 375B6337.AE4A2AFD@alumni.caltech.edu
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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.

- Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
South Pasadena, California

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