Re: [HACKERS] 64-bit hashjoins

> since I am __alpha (but __osf__, not linux), I get the version with
> the sizeof(int) instead of the sizeof(long).
> 
> Can someone explain the comment from djm to me (or is djm still
> listening somewhere?).  At first blush, I suspect that I actually
> _want_ it to do the latter version of LONGALIGN(), since my longs
> really are 8 bytes.  But when I try to do that instead, I am unable to
> even run "initdb" - dies with an error like "attribute not
> found/invalid" (sorry, scrolled away the window with the actual error
> - I can re-create if the exact message would help anyone).
> 
> Anyone have suggestions on how I might proceed?  Are there known
> problems (or known-workings) of HashJoin on 64-bit platforms?
> 

Good analysis.  I never have understood the alpha issues.  I realize
that initdb does not work in those cases, but never understood why.

Not sure who djm is.

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