Tom Lane wrote:
> "John Weekley" <weekleyj@foobarlabs.net> writes:
>> Platform is 64 bit Solaris x86.
>> ...
>> "../../../../src/include/storage/s_lock.h", line 814: #error: PostgreSQL
>> does not have native spinlock support on this platform. To continue the
>> compilation, rerun configure using --disable-spinlocks. However,
>> performance will be poor. Please report this to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org.
>
> It looks like s_lock.h currently has coverage for amd64 using gcc, or
> sparc64 using either compiler, but not for amd64 using Sun's cc.
> Please feel free to send a patch, or you could pester Sun to send us
> one (Josh?)
SunStudio is supported on the HEAD (8.2). Spin lock problem is know
issue in version 8.1.4. I don't know if latest 8.1 branch contains
backport.
Zdenek