Re: PG 8.1 supported platforms list: IRIX is MIA

From: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, bruc(at)stone(dot)congenomics(dot)com
Subject: Re: PG 8.1 supported platforms list: IRIX is MIA
Date: 2005-11-07 06:23:28
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0511071722480.25248@linuxworld.com.au
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > I had a colleague test for me on his IRIX (6.5?) MIPSPRO machine. The
> > following regression tests fail:
> > http://treehou.se/~finn/regression.diffs
>
> Hm, looks like strtod() has some bizarre behavior for input "infinity"
> on that machine (NOT just failing to recognize it, but doing something
> actively incorrect --- we've seen such bugs on Solaris).
>
> I had a success report from someone else on Friday, so maybe this
> problem is confined to specific IRIX versions?
>

Perhaps. This was version 6.5.28 running on an Octane.

Gavin

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