Re: version() output vs. 32/64 bits

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>>> ... Moreover, there does not actually seem to be a
>>> way to find out whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit build (except by
>>> using OS tools).
>> I think the basic definition of "32 bit" or "64 bit", certainly for
>> our purposes, is sizeof(void *). That is something that configure
>> could easily find out. Or you could look at sizeof(size_t) which
>> it already does find out.
>>
>> I have no immediate proposal on how to factor that into the version
>> string.
>
> I think the pointer size is part of the compiler, rather than the
> platform, so it should go after the compiler mention, e.g.:
>
> test=> select version();
> version
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PostgreSQL 8.4devel on i386-pc-bsdi4.3.1, compiled by GCC 2.95.3, 32-bit
> (1 row)
>
> The attached patch modifies configure.in and updates a documentation mention.

You forgot a certain another build system ;-)

Should be trivial to add there though, if we choose to do it this way,
so that's not an objection in general.

//Magnus