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Hi,

AIX 4.2.1 regression tests are ok :-)

int2 .. failed other errmsg (ok)
int4 .. failed other errmsg (ok)
float8 .. failed has correct output / expected is wrong (ok)
geometry .. failed rounding diffs (ok)
abstime .. failed PDT instead of PST in some rows, 1h difference (ok)
tinterval .. failed --"--
horology .. failed --"--
inet .. failed expected/inet.out is incorrect (ok, but please remake)
rules .. failed other sort order in select * from rtest_admin (guess ok)

It would need only the following modifikations to current CVS:

remove file src/makefiles/Makefile.aix4
no harm because it is not used (it does not work 100% because it won't resolve variables
from postgres main executable, therefore the postgres.imp is still needed) .
alternatively I could try to do a new one
modify configure test for cpp stdin
currently does xlc -E and fails to notice, that it does not work
hand made libplpgsql.so
the command was:
ld -H512 -bM:SRE -bI:/usr/postgres/lib/postgres.imp -bexpall -o libplpgsql.so.1.0 \
pl_comp.o pl_exec.o pl_funcs.o pl_handler.o pl_parse.o -lc
the -bexpall makes it easier, but is new since AIX 4.2, so those with 3.2 or 4.1 still
need to do the .exp stuff

cheers :-)
Andreas

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  • Thomas G. Lockhart at Oct 28, 1998 at 3:11 pm ⇧

    AIX 4.2.1 regression tests are ok :-)
    Great. Will mark ya' down...
    inet .. failed expected/inet.out is incorrect (ok, but please remake)
    D'Arcy/Paul/inet gang: Could you look at this and see if the inet.out is
    incorrect for your platforms too? I just took the results/inet.out,
    inspected it for gross errors (without knowing what I'm looking for) and
    put it in as the expected result. Don't know what might be wrong with
    it.
    rules .. failed other sort order in select * from rtest_admin (guess ok)
    I think HPUX sees this too; it depends on the implementation of qsort()
    on your platform.
    modify configure test for cpp stdin
    currently does xlc -E and fails to notice, that it does not work
    I'm not sure how easy it will be, or if we need to be frozen for this
    release. Should be a patch if it doesn't make it into the main v6.4.
    You've already made a suggestion on what to look for, right? I'm
    recalling that you had some discussion on the list about that already.

    - Tom
  • D'Arcy J.M. Cain at Oct 29, 1998 at 4:47 am ⇧
    Thus spake Thomas G. Lockhart
    inet .. failed expected/inet.out is incorrect (ok, but please remake)
    D'Arcy/Paul/inet gang: Could you look at this and see if the inet.out is
    incorrect for your platforms too? I just took the results/inet.out,
    inspected it for gross errors (without knowing what I'm looking for) and
    put it in as the expected result. Don't know what might be wrong with
    it.
    As discussed in irc, there seems to be a missing patch. I resent it
    to Bruce directly and he applied it. Please rerun the queries and
    replace the expected output.

    --
    D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net> | Democracy is three wolves
    http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on
    +1 416 424 2871 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
  • Tom Lane at Oct 28, 1998 at 3:51 pm ⇧

    Andreas Zeugswetter writes:
    AIX 4.2.1 regression tests are ok :-)
    rules .. failed other sort order in select * from rtest_admin (guess ok)
    Ah-hah, so HPUX is not the only platform where qsort chooses to output
    those tuples in the other order. I feel better now ;-)

    I will go ahead and modify the rules test to do an "order by" in
    the select * from rtest_admin command, so that it generates
    predictable results.
    modify configure test for cpp stdin
    currently does xlc -E and fails to notice, that it does not work
    I think we have two choices here:

    1. Try to improve configure's test for cpp-from-stdin some more, and add
    to it the idea that it might have to fall back to calling /lib/cpp
    directly if neither "$(CPP)" nor "$(CPP) -" work for reading from stdin.

    2. Rewrite the shell scripts that are using this feature so that they
    don't need cpp-from-stdin, but just use a temporary file and plain
    $(CPP). Then we can forget about testing for it in configure.

    A quick "glimpse" shows there are only two shell scripts using
    $(CPPSTDIN), so I think choice #2 is the way to go. At this point in
    the schedule, we need a high-probability-of-success fix, and tweaking an
    autoconf test is never a high-probability affair until you've actually
    run it on a lot of platforms. Hacking the scripts might be ugly,
    but it will work.

    regards, tom lane
  • Thomas G. Lockhart at Oct 28, 1998 at 4:30 pm ⇧

    AIX 4.2.1 regression tests are ok :-)
    rules .. failed
    Ah-hah, so HPUX is not the only platform where qsort chooses to output
    those tuples in the other order. I feel better now ;-)
    Don't feel too good. There is a reason AIX is pronounced "aches" :)
    modify configure test for cpp stdin
    2. Rewrite the shell scripts that are using this feature so that they
    don't need cpp-from-stdin, but just use a temporary file and plain
    $(CPP). Then we can forget about testing for it in configure.
    A quick "glimpse" shows there are only two shell scripts using
    $(CPPSTDIN), so I think choice #2 is the way to go.
    I agree. Those two scripts use temporary files for other stages of their
    processing, so it isn't a change from what they already do. I was
    tempted to do that a month ago when I first ran across the problem of
    the hardcoded cpp references. Are you going to try to do it now, or
    should we wait for v6.4.1? I would think that it has a high probability
    of success, with testing from just one or two people.
  • Tom Lane at Oct 28, 1998 at 5:19 pm ⇧

    "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
    I agree. Those two scripts use temporary files for other stages of their
    processing, so it isn't a change from what they already do. I was
    tempted to do that a month ago when I first ran across the problem of
    the hardcoded cpp references. Are you going to try to do it now, or
    should we wait for v6.4.1? I would think that it has a high probability
    of success, with testing from just one or two people.
    I was planning to fix it now, unless Marc threatens to break my thumbs.

    Build failures are a sufficiently important problem that I think we
    oughta fix them ... and while this has only been reported on AIX,
    we don't know for sure that it won't happen anywhere else.

    Besides, I think Marc is gonna be too busy breaking Bruce's thumbs
    to worry about me ;-).

    regards, tom lane

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