Thread: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
say.

Stefan Lindner writes:

> Hi,
>
> PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
>
> It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> versions) unless
> you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> functions.
> This could be done by adding lines like
>
>     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
>     ...
>     #endif
>
> The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> suggestion
>
>
> Stefan Lindner
> ---
> Visionet GmbH, Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen
> Tel.: 09131/691230, FAX:09131/691111
> mailto:lindner@visionet.de, http://www.visionet.de
>
> Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
>

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Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Can I get an ODBC opinion on this?

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
> because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
> Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
> so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
> say.
>
> Stefan Lindner writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
> >
> > It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> > versions) unless
> > you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> > "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> > functions.
> > This could be done by adding lines like
> >
> >     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
> >     ...
> >     #endif
> >
> > The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> > suggestion
> >
> >
> > Stefan Lindner
> > ---
> > Visionet GmbH, Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen
> > Tel.: 09131/691230, FAX:09131/691111
> > mailto:lindner@visionet.de, http://www.visionet.de
> >
> > Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> > tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
> >
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
>
>
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Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Did we ever get a reply to this from the ODBC folks?

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
> because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
> Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
> so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
> say.
>
> Stefan Lindner writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
> >
> > It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> > versions) unless
> > you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> > "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> > functions.
> > This could be done by adding lines like
> >
> >     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
> >     ...
> >     #endif
> >
> > The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> > suggestion
> >
> >
> > Stefan Lindner
> > ---
> > Visionet GmbH, Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen
> > Tel.: 09131/691230, FAX:09131/691111
> > mailto:lindner@visionet.de, http://www.visionet.de
> >
> > Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> > tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
> >
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
>
>
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Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
Bruce Momjian writes:

> Did we ever get a reply to this from the ODBC folks?

Nope.  Still open.

I'd really like to fix this and make the ODBC compile the default so we
can get more testing.

>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
> > because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
> > Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
> > so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
> > say.
> >
> > Stefan Lindner writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
> > >
> > > It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> > > versions) unless
> > > you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> > > "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> > > functions.
> > > This could be done by adding lines like
> > >
> > >     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
> > >     ...
> > >     #endif
> > >
> > > The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> > > suggestion
> > >
> > >
> > > Stefan Lindner
> > > ---
> > > Visionet GmbH, Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen
> > > Tel.: 09131/691230, FAX:09131/691111
> > > mailto:lindner@visionet.de, http://www.visionet.de
> > >
> > > Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> > > tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
> >
> >
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>

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Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Did we ever get a reply to this from the ODBC folks?
>
> Nope.  Still open.
>
> I'd really like to fix this and make the ODBC compile the default so we
> can get more testing.

Well, I am working together a list of open items and will put them up on
a website soon so we can address all of them.

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Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I'd really like to fix this and make the ODBC compile the default so we
> can get more testing.

Is it possible to do that, considering the ODBC compile depends on
having ODBC software present?

I didn't object to expecting readline and zlib to be present by default,
but I'm not happy about expecting ODBC stuff to be present by default.
That seems too far off the beaten path.

            regards, tom lane



Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 7.2.1 and Sun's C compiler under Solaris8

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
ODBC guys, comment?

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I think we should get rid of the _init and _fini functions altogether,
> because Solaris is not the only platform where this is a problem.
> Evidently, there are already workarounds in place in case they don't work,
> so it shouldn't be a problem to remove them.  Let's see what the ODBC guys
> say.
>
> Stefan Lindner writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > PostgreSQL works well with this combination but with one modification:
> >
> > It will not compile with SunC Version 5.3 (no experience with other
> > versions) unless
> > you make the following change in file psqlodbc.c: remove the functions
> > "_init" and "_fini". The crt.o library of Sun's C compiler contains this
> > functions.
> > This could be done by adding lines like
> >
> >     #if !defined (__SUNPRO_C)
> >     ...
> >     #endif
> >
> > The attachement is a modified version of psqlodbc according to this
> > suggestion
> >
> >
> > Stefan Lindner
> > ---
> > Visionet GmbH, Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen
> > Tel.: 09131/691230, FAX:09131/691111
> > mailto:lindner@visionet.de, http://www.visionet.de
> >
> > Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> > tried it. (Donald E. Knuth)
> >
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
>
>
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