Re: compiling pg 7.0.3 on sco 5.0.5

Tom Lane wrote:

> "Billy G. Allie" <bga(at)mug(dot)org> writes:
>
>> ... The DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO definition was originally put in to work
>> around a macro size limitation of the UnixWare 2.1 C compiler (and
>> later the SCO UDK (Universal Development Kit)). If the gnu C compiler
>> is being used it should not be defined.
>
>
> Hm. Is anyone likely to still be using a version of that compiler that
> still has such limitations?
>
> I ask because we recently pulled "#define DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO" from
> port/sco.h, on the grounds that various people were seeing more harm
> than good from it. But I'm suddenly wondering whether those people
> might've been using gcc. I wonder if
>
> #ifndef __GNUC__
> #define DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO
> #endif
>
> in port/sco.h would be the smart way to go.
>
> regards, tom lane

Well I recompilied with the stock cc shipped in the SCO development
package for OpenServer 5. It was released in 97'.