Re: pgsql: Refactor geometric functions and operators

On 07/29/2018 04:59 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:43:29AM +0000, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> Refactor geometric functions and operators
>>
>> The primary goal of this patch is to eliminate duplicate code and share
>> code between different geometric data types more often, to prepare the
>> ground for additional patches. Until now the code reuse was limited,
>> probably because the simpler types (line and point) were implemented
>> after the more complex ones.
>
> It looks that this commit has upset a couple of OSX animals, locus and
> prairiedog:
> https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=locust&dt=2018-07-29%2013%3A13%3A35
>
> Some AIX animals are also upset for the same reason with the handling
> of a negative sign with 0.

Yeah, the commit broke this by inadvertedly undoing 43fe90f66a0 :-(

I've posted a fix to hackers [1]. If someone with access to an affected
machine could test if it actually does the trick, that would be nice.

[1]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/2fce5d35-2f07-8d72-42ec-81ed97fbe640%402ndquadrant.com

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