On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:47:33AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> As pointed out here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2010-01/msg00145.php
> the current zic code doesn't cope gracefully with lack of working
> int64. Considering the trouble we've gone to throughout the rest of
> the system to support such compilers, it's a bit annoying to have
> this little detail break it. On the other hand, it's unclear that
> anybody still cares. (Other than people running SCO Openserver, for
> whom I have little sympathy anyway.)
>
> Thoughts?
There was a use case for supporting non-working int64, but reality has
changed.
> Is it worth expending any energy on?
Not IMHO.
Cheers,
David.
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