[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Lane) writes: > Stefan Kaltenbrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> hmm well -HEAD(and 8.0.4 too!) is broken on AIX 5.3ML3: >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-10/msg01053.php > > [ shrug... ] The reports of this problem have not given enough > information to fix it, and since it's not a regression from 8.0, > it's not going to hold up the 8.1 release. When and if we receive > enough info to fix it, we'll gladly do so, but ...
Well, we never had an AIX 5.3 system when 8.0 was released, so didn't attempt a compile. Seneca just tried out a build on 8.0.3 on AIX 5.3; it appears to be experiencing the same problem with initdb, and a slight modification of the previous "fix" appears to resolve the issue. Can you suggest what further we might provide that would help? > (My guess is that the problem is a compiler or libc bug anyway, > given that one report says that replacing a memcpy call with an > equivalent loop makes the failure go away.) It seems unlikely to be a compiler bug as the same issue has been reported with both GCC and IBM XLC. I could believe it being a libc bug... It would be terribly disappointing to have to report both internally and externally that AIX 5.3 is not a usable platform for recent releases of PostgreSQL... -- "cbbrowne","@","ntlug.org" http://cbbrowne.com/info/linuxdistributions.html Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth to. --Erma Bombeck ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq