Re: initdb issue on 64-bit Windows - (Was: [pgsql-packagers] PG 9.6beta2 tarballs are ready)

On 1 July 2016 at 09:02, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > Craig Ringer wrote:
> >> On 30 June 2016 at 20:19, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hmm, so what about a pure 32bit build, if such a thing still exists?
> If
> >> > so and it causes the same crash, perhaps we should have one member for
> >> > each VS version running on 32bit x86.
> >>
> >> It's fine for a pure 32-bit build, i.e. 32-bit tools and 32-bit target.
> I
> >> tested that.
> >
> > Ah, okay. I doubt it's worth setting up buildfarm members testing all
> > cross-compiles just to try and catch possible compiler bugs that way, so
> > unless somebody wants to invest more effort in this area, it seems we're
> > done here.
>
> Sure. To be honest just using the latest version of MSVC available for
> the builds is fine I think. Windows is very careful regarding
> backward-compatibility of its compiled stuff usually, even if by using
> VS2015 you make the builds of Postgres incompatible with XP. But
> software is a world that keeps moving on, and XP is already out of
> support by Redmond.
>

I agree. I'm happier now that we've got evidence it's a compiler bug,
though.

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