Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Problems with running v6.3 on DIGITAL UNIX

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>> ERROR:  BuildFuncTupleDesc: function mkoidname(opaque, opaque) does not
>> exist
>> ERROR:  BuildFuncTupleDesc: function mkoidname(opaque, opaque) does not
>> exist
>> longjmp or siglongjmp function used outside of saved context
>> /cec/scratch/cecweb/postgresql/bin/initdb: 10890 Abort - core dumped
>
>Known bug.  We can't get Alpha working on 6.3.
>
>Let me mention on thing that may help the alpha developers trying to fix
>this.
>
>As part of 6.3 changes, I changed some contants in
>/src/include/catalog/*.h that used 0L to just plain 0.  It seemed to be
>done inconsistently, and I could not figure out how the 0L could be
>different than 0.
>
>Can someone take a look at the 6.2 source and 6.3 source, and tell me if
>the 0L entries in 6.2 change the alpha behavior from a plain 0.  Perhaps
>a way of testing would be to replace the 0L with 0 in a working 6.2, and
>run initdb to see if the system still works.

:-? I've looked at both 6.2.1 and 6.3 and have been unable to find a
single '0L' in either version. I've looked in all .h files in src/include,
not just src/include/catalog.


    Pedro.

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