Re: [HACKERS] Linux/Alpha and pgsql....

Marc, would you install these as appropriate. Also, you will find that
I added to templates/linuxalpha the line:

linuxalpha:CFLAGS:-O2 -Dalpha
^^^^^^^

so the patches he supplied adding __alpha__ are not needed anymore.

This addition fixed alpha support, so it should fix alpha-linux too.

> I finally found some time to make minor patch to pgsql 6.3.1 to
> make it "sort-of-work" out of the box for Linux/Alpha. At the current
> moment, I can get it to compile, and run 'initdb' successfully. Regression
> tests are successful for the most part, with the biggest problems being in
> any dealing with floats, especially the float{4,...} tests. Overall, it
> looks as things are improving! :)
> The patches are for the two modified files only, as the changes
> were small. Mainly just replacing 'defined(linuxalpha)' with something
> that is understood '( defined(linux) && defined(__alpha__) )' by the
> compiler correctly, since linuxalpha was not getting defined anywhere, and
> the Linux/Alpha gcc does not generate the linuxalpha symbol itself.
> Appears to have been a slight oversight by some one who was adding
> Linux/Alpha support to the code. This shouldn't break any other platforms,
> with as small and simple a change as it is. Hopefully it can make it into
> 6.3.2? :)
> Also, what is the purpose of the files in
> ./src/backend/ports/linuxalpha? I can't find any reference to them
> anywhere else in the sources, and it does not appears they are even
> included in the final binary. The files themselves are pretty sparse.
> Also, if I understand the configure scripts correctly, only a
> ./src/backend/port/linux directory would be used, as linuxalpha is
> considered a subset of linux. Of course the latter directory existed in
> 6.2.x, but is now gone. I think that the former directory can follow,
> i.e. be removed as well.
> Thats all for now! As usual, any questions about these
> patches, feel free to email me. TTYL.
>
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