Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware

Tom,
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:17:18 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr
> Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>,
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>,
> pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] cvs head initdb hangs on unixware
>
> ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr writes:
>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>> BTW, why does this work on warthog buildfarm member? Different compiler
>>> version?
>>>
>> it's configured with --enable-debug.
>> Maybe run_build.pl should run twice, onece with --enable-debug once
>> without.
>
> No, the standard way to deal with such issues is to set up two buildfarm
> members. This would be a 100% waste of cycles for gcc-based members
> anyway, since gcc generates the same code with or without -g. However,
> for compilers where it makes a difference, it might well be worth having
> an additional member to test the optimized build.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
I understand your concern. Maybe an option --flip-debug that would not
be used by gcc owners could help having both tests in 1 run.

In the mean time, while preparing my home unixware server to become an
other animal, I came on a new optimizer bug in ecpg.

To not pollute this close thread, I start a new one.

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