Re: Horology test failure while compiling PostgreSQL 8.3.3 on Solaris 10 x64

From: "F(dot) Jovan Jester" <jesterj(at)groupspeak(dot)com>
To: Dot Yet <dot(dot)yet(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Horology test failure while compiling PostgreSQL 8.3.3 on Solaris 10 x64
Date: 2008-08-15 21:27:02
Message-ID: 950AB94C-4FFD-458F-9E51-272F0ACEC1DB@groupspeak.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general


>> CFLAGS="-R/opt/usr/local/amd64/lib -xmodel=medium -
>> xtarget=generic64 -fast
>> -xarch=amd64"
>
> What does "-fast" do? If it involves any reinterpretation of IEEE
> float
> arithmetic accuracy requirements, drop it.
>

The -fast option using sun studio cc expands to include the flag -
fsimple=2 which does affect floating point calculations. If you remove
the -fast flag it should pass the tests.

any special reason why you are using xtarget=generic64 instead of
native64?

-jovan

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Roderick A. Anderson 2008-08-15 21:31:44 Re: [Q] DNS(bind) ER model
Previous Message Raymond O'Donnell 2008-08-15 20:47:48 Re: plpgsql functions