Re: [HACKERS] Call for platforms

[Tom Lane]

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> The bit test diffs seem to indicate that bit_cmp is messed up.  That
>> depends on memcmp.  I seem to recall something about memcmp not being
>> 8-bit-clean on SunOS ... does that ring a bell with anyone?

> Sure enough:
>  - Macro: AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
>      If the `memcmp' function is not available, or does not work on
>      8-bit data (like the one on SunOS 4.1.3), add `memcmp.o' to output
>      variable `LIBOBJS'.
> We could try to mangle this into doing the right thing for us.

Not sure if it's worth the trouble.  That would be an AC_TRY_RUN test,
which you've been trying to move away from, no?  It doesn't seem like
anyone still cares about SunOS 4.1.*, so ...

                        regards, tom lane

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