Re: compiling pg 7.0.3 on sco 5.0.5

* Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [001204 09:27]:
> "Billy G. Allie" <bga@mug.org> writes:
> > ... The DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO definition was originally put in to work
> > around a macro size limitation of the UnixWare 2.1 C compiler (and
> > later the SCO UDK (Universal Development Kit)).  If the gnu C compiler
> > is being used it should not be defined.
> 
> Hm.  Is anyone likely to still be using a version of that compiler that
> still has such limitations?
> 
> I ask because we recently pulled "#define DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO" from
> port/sco.h, on the grounds that various people were seeing more harm
> than good from it.  But I'm suddenly wondering whether those people
> might've been using gcc.  I wonder if
> 
>     #ifndef __GNUC__
>     #define DISABLE_COMPLEX_MACRO
>     #endif
> 
> in port/sco.h would be the smart way to go.
Based on my running both CURRENT UDK and GCC on my UnixWare 7 boxes
with CURRENT sources, I think we may need to see if anyone complains. 

LER
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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