Re: [HACKERS] Re : Solaris Performance - Profiling (Solved)

Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:23:41AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> But I can't see any reasonable way for configure to decide automatically
>> whether we should replace the system qsort. I think we'd have to put
>> a USE_PRIVATE_QSORT symbol definition into src/template/solaris.

> Would it be possible instead to make it a --configure option, or just
> to add a note to the Solaris FAQ about adding an option to CFLAGS?

I think the default should be to replace, but we could probably have a
configure option to prevent it --- or to force it, in case people want
to try a non-system qsort on other platforms besides Solaris. Whenever
I see something like this, I wonder whether the problem is more
widespread than we know.

> ... so we can be fairly certain the problem is in the
> 32 bit library. Maybe the 64 bit one is better?

Good point. Please check it out and let us know.

regards, tom lane