"Pedro J. Lobo" <pjlobo@euitt.upm.es> writes:
> Someone has changed the "#if defined(__alpha)" tests that existed in
> include/storage/s_lock.h in 6.5.1 to "#if defined(__alpha__)". The problem
> is that DEC (�Compaq?) C only defines __alpha, (gcc defines both __alpha
> and __alpha__) so it doesn't work anymore.
I thought that was bogus when it was done. Should be
#if defined(__alpha) || defined(__alpha__)
to cover both compilers.
> In fact, there are two places where the test is used, one inside a "#if
> defined(__GNUC__)" and the other one inside the corresponding "#else". It
> seems that the easiest sollution is to change the check inside the "#else"
> back to "#if defined(__alpha)".
... which would break whichever compiler is being used by the person who
submitted the patch. I don't think it was changed on a whim.
regards, tom lane
