Re: [HACKERS] template/alpha_cc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tatsuo Ishii
Subject Re: [HACKERS] template/alpha_cc
Date
Msg-id 199902041413.XAA00881@ext16.sra.co.jp
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] template/alpha_cc  ("Pedro J. Lobo" <pjlobo@euitt.upm.es>)
List pgsql-hackers
Thank you for your explanatiopn. Now everything seems clear. My
understanding that 6.4 had alpla_cc was apparently wrong.  Sorry for
the confusion.

> Ehm, let me clarify this thing. This file is part of a patch I submitted a
> few days (or maybe hours) before 6.4.2 was released. Bruce applied the
> whole patch to the 6.5 tree, but only a part to the 6.4.2 tree,
> because he considered that the whole patch was too "dangerous" to apply
> (because there wasn't time to test whether it affected the other
> platforms). So, the 6.4.2 tree has template/alpha, and the 6.5 tree
> has template/alpha_cc and template/alpha_gcc, but not template/alpha.
> 
> Since then, I haven't had the time to download and test the 6.5 branch to
> see how things are now (for DU 4, at least). I will do it ASAP.
> 
> BTW, Compaq has changed the operating system's name from "Digital Unix" to
> "Tru64 Unix". I will update the docs to reflect this change when I have
> the time.

Oh, "Tru64 Unix"? How can I pronounce it?:-)
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Tatsuo Ishii


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