Re: [PORTS] IRIX 6.5 meets Postgresql 6.5 (June 4 Snapshot)

We have renamed this, and 6.5.1 will have the fix.



> I hope this is the place to discuss pre-release software. I have only just
> joined this maillist.
>
> I decided to try an early download of Postgresql 6.5 as I am going to need it
> soon on both SGI IRIX 6.5 and Dec Alpha platforms.
>
> Platform: SGI IRIX64 6.5 IP30 mips
> Compiler: native cc
>
> My first go at compiling for the IRIX is dead when only partially thru the first
> Make. There is a conflict in macro names.
>
> On the IRIX,  _ALIGN is defined in /usr/include/sys/socket.h:
>     #define _ALIGN(p)       (((uint_t)(p) + _ALIGNBYTES) & ~_ALIGNBYTES)
> This collides with the Postgresql definition in
> .../src/include/utils/memutils.h:
>     #define _ALIGN(ALIGNVAL,LEN)    (((long)(LEN) + (ALIGNVAL-1)) & ~(ALIGNVAL-1))
>
> The compiler won't proceed beyond this.  Is there any chance of a macro name
> change in Postgresql source? Or are there other work arounds? I could UNDEF the
> sockets one, but I am not sure where else it would cause trouble.
>
> Mark
>
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