Re: Upgrade db format without older version of PostgreSQL

From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kelly Jones <kelly(dot)terry(dot)jones(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrade db format without older version of PostgreSQL
Date: 2009-09-29 17:46:20
Message-ID: 1254246381.10576.14.camel@hp-laptop2.gunduz.org
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Hi,

On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 13:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> You might be able to make it go by adding #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
> in src/include/port/linux.h, and adding -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv
> to CFLAGS,

Yeah, these worked. I could build 7.2.8 on my F-11 box.

> but yeah, trying to build it on a modern Linux system looks
> a bit shaky. If you do go this route, I'd recommend making sure it
> passes its regression tests before you risk letting it touch your real
> data.

geometry and horology tests are failing here. regression.diffs is
attached for reference.
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