Re: Compile Error - Spinlock support

"Nate Plumm" <plummn@comdel.net> writes:
> I am trying to compile a snapshot (2004-09-05 I believe) on Windows XP.

> gcc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wmissing-declarations -I../../../../src/include -I./src/include/port/win32
> "-I../../../../src/include/port/win32" -DBUILDING_DLL  -c -o xlog.o xlog.c
> In file included from ../../../../src/include/storage/spin.h:50,
>                  from xlog.c:35:
> ../../../../src/include/storage/s_lock.h:543:2: #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.

There's a gcc for XP?   If so, why is it failing to predefine __GNUC__
and/or __i386__ ?  The only way you could get to that #error is if the
predefined symbols are incomplete.

            regards, tom lane