Re: Style question

* Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> [001021 11:54]:
> Larry Rosenman writes:
>
> > We currently have a patch in the doc/FAQ_SCO file for the "accept
> > doesn't send AF_UNIX to the caller" problem on SCO UnixWare 7.1.[01].
> > Is there any problem with configure finding out we are on one of those
> > releases (uname -v), and setting a UW= variable so the user doesn't
> > have to remember to patch their sources?
>
> I think we should install this patch conditional on some __UnixWare__
> #define, if there's a good one. If there isn't, then we can add our own
> #define ACCEPT_IS_BUSTED_IN_PECULIAR_WAYS in src/include/port/unixware.h.
>
> Testing runtime behaviour in configure is not good "style". :)
I was just thinking of checking uname -v and if it is 7.1.0 or 7.1.1
set a define that pq_comm.c sees and includes the fix. There isn't a
good #define yet.. :-(

LER

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