Re: problems on solaris 7

Ouch...

Did you definitely make sure it was doing the test with Unix Domain
Sockets instead of via TCP (it's a search and replace, as per that
Installation Guide)?  If so, then the test results are accurate and it
could be a problem.

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


Peter Lauko wrote:
>
> YESSS, it seems to work now!!!
> Thank you very very much!!! (of course everyone who tried to help)
>
> only one thing:
> regression test fails at 2 points
> abstime              ... FAILED
> random               ... failed (ignored)
>
> the regression.diffs file looks:
>
> *** ./expected/abstime-solaris-1947.out Thu May  3 21:00:37 2001
> --- ./results/abstime.out   Sun Aug 26 18:03:49 2001
> ***************
> *** 47,56 ****
>        | Sun Jan 14 03:14:21 1973 PST
>        | Mon May 01 00:30:30 1995 PDT
>        | epoch
> -      | current
>        | -infinity
>        | Sat May 10 23:59:12 1947 PDT
> ! (6 rows)
>
>   SELECT '' AS six, ABSTIME_TBL.*
>      WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 > abstime '-infinity';
> --- 47,55 ----
>        | Sun Jan 14 03:14:21 1973 PST
>        | Mon May 01 00:30:30 1995 PDT
>        | epoch
>        | -infinity
>        | Sat May 10 23:59:12 1947 PDT
> ! (5 rows)
>
>   SELECT '' AS six, ABSTIME_TBL.*
>      WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 > abstime '-infinity';
>
> ======================================================================
>
> *** ./expected/random.out   Thu Jan  6 07:40:54 2000
> --- ./results/random.out    Sun Aug 26 18:05:12 2001
> ***************
> *** 31,35 ****
>     WHERE random NOT BETWEEN 80 AND 120;
>    random
>   --------
> ! (0 rows)
>
> --- 31,36 ----
>     WHERE random NOT BETWEEN 80 AND 120;
>    random
>   --------
> !     127
> ! (1 row)
>
> #######################################
>
> What does it mean? CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and CURRENT_DATE seem to produce the expected results.
> thanks again, Peter
>
> Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > There's a Solaris specific installation guide for PostgreSQL at :
> >
> > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/installguides.php#solaris
> >
> > Have you taken a look at it yet?
> >
> > Regards and best wishes,
> >
> > Justin Clift

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