Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL pre-7.1 Linux/Alpha Status...

How are you on Alpha now?

>
> I have had the time to test today's (12/19) snapshot on my
> Linux/Alpha and the good news is that only two regression tests are
> failing. The bad news is that these regression tests do not fail on
> Linux/Intel. :( [1]
> Specifically, the oid and misc regression tests failed. Here are
> the gory details:
>
>
> oid: Inserting a negative oid should wrap that oid around to an unsigned
> value, but instead pgsql just spits it back out with an error
> message. i.e.:
>
> CREATE TABLE OID_TBL(f1 oid);
> ...
> INSERT INTO OID_TBL(f1) VALUES ('-1040');
> ERROR: oidin: error reading "-1040": value too large
>
> Probably not a major problem (who inserts negative oids?), but I
> could be wrong. Hopefully it has an easy fix.
>
>
> misc: This one is nasty... Any attempts to use the '*' operator in the
> context of inheritance causes pgsql to lose its mind and wander off
> into the weeds never to be seen again. Example from 'misc' tests:
>
> SELECT p.name, p.hobbies.name FROM person* p;
> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> connection to server was lost
>
> Definitely needs to be fixed, but I have a feeling it will not be
> easy.
>
> Other than those two issues, everything seems to run great. I would go
> digging into the source to find the source of these problems, but I
> thought I would throw it out to the list first. [2]
> Therefore, if anyone has any ideas as to what is failing, how to
> fix it, or at least a general direction to head in (i.e. look in these
> source files...), please speak up. If you want more information on the
> above problems, feel free to ask. Just tell me what you want, and if it is
> not obvious, how to get it.
> Looking forward to a new version pgsql that compiles out of the
> box on Linux/Alpha! TTYL.
>
>
> [1] For those who missed my poor attempt at a joke... I mean that the
> Linux/Alpha regression failures are specific to that platform, and
> therefore my problem to solve, not a more general problem I could leave to
> the pg-hackers to solve....
>
> [2] That, and I am definitely not familiar with the pgsql source, so it
> would probably take me a while to make any headway if I just started
> digging with out any direction...
>
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