Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Release Candidate 4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Chris Mair <list@1006.org> writes:
> It seems strtod() is to blame.
> ...
> on the PlayStation 2 returns:

>     input string is 'Infinity'
>     strtod returned val = inf
>     errno = 0
>     endptr points to 'inity'

> Would it be worth treating this case apart in float.c, or should we just
> blame the PlayStation's 2 Linux (quite old version 2.2.2) Gnu C library
> to be broken?

I'd just say that that version of glibc is broken.  I have not seen this
behavior reported anywhere else.

In any case, I think we can update the Playstation 2 entry for 8.0 ...
        regards, tom lane