Re: [GENERAL] Notes for SGI Irix users

> Dear SGI friends,
> Please try NOT to compile PostgreSQL (any version) with gcc on Irix.
>
> Due to a problem in the generation of the code of semaphors and other
> structs, any PgSQL binary produced with gcc will be buggy.
> More information on this subject at
> http://reality.sgi.com/ariel/freeware/howto.html
> Look for the section "gcc vs. cc" (I fought with gcc and PgSQL one month
> before discovering this page...)
> Try instead to use the native cc compiler: I compiled PgSQL 6.5
> yesterday (Irix 6.3 on O2 R10000, cc 7.1, gmake 3.77) and lo'! amazing
> performance increase!! I still think the large object subsystem to be
> broken, but since I don't use it anymore, I didn't try it out.

Can you contact the Irix FAQ maintainer and make sure this is in there?
If you can't get it done, let me know and I will try to get it in there.

--
Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026