Re: Re: Call for platforms - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Mark Knox" <segfault@hardline.org> writes:
>  {
>      BlockIdData ip_blkid;
>      OffsetNumber ip_posid;
> +#ifdef __arm__
> +} __attribute__((packed)) ItemPointerData;
> +#else
>  }
> +#endif

That would fix it for ARM but not for anyplace else with similar
alignment behavior.  Would you try this patch instead to see what
happens?
        regards, tom lane


*** src/backend/catalog/heap.c.orig    Thu Mar 22 09:50:36 2001
--- src/backend/catalog/heap.c    Wed Mar 28 00:24:45 2001
***************
*** 103,109 ****  */  static FormData_pg_attribute a1 = {
!     0xffffffff, {"ctid"}, TIDOID, 0, sizeof(ItemPointerData),     SelfItemPointerAttributeNumber, 0, -1, -1, '\0',
'p','\0', 'i', '\0', '\0' }; 
 
--- 103,109 ----  */  static FormData_pg_attribute a1 = {
!     0xffffffff, {"ctid"}, TIDOID, 0, SizeOfIptrData,     SelfItemPointerAttributeNumber, 0, -1, -1, '\0', 'p', '\0',
'i','\0', '\0' };