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1. RE: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported po rts

   Michael Meskes <meskes@topsystem.de> — 1998-02-15T11:01:00Z

   I just tried this on Debian with glibc 2.0.6 and it works fine. That is
   my 6.3 postgresql release outputs 4 hours.
   
   Michael
   
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   > ----------
   > From: 	Thomas G. Lockhart[SMTP:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu]
   > Sent: 	Freitag, 13. Februar 1998 17:57
   > To: 	Fred.Reimer@ctg.hboc.com; Bruce Momjian
   > Cc: 	hackers@postgreSQL.org
   > Subject: 	[HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and
   > supported ports
   > 
   > > Is the ix86/linux "confirmed" port using libc 5 or glibc 2.x (aka
   > > libc6)?  As most major distributions are going to release all new
   > > versions with glibc I think it's prudent to test on both "platforms"
   > > independently.
   > 
   > Yes, that is a good point. There is a known bug in the glibc2 math
   > library which breaks the date/time routines:
   > 
   > select '4 hours'::timespan;
   > ---------
   > @ 4 hours
   > (1 row)
   > 
   > comes out instead as
   > tgl=> select '4 hours'::timespan;
   > ----------------------------
   > @ 3 hours 59 mins 60.00 secs
   > (1 row)
   > 
   > Oliver was working on patches. Lost his e-mail message; is Oliver
   > still
   > here? I've got a RH5.0 linux system at work now, and the shipped
   > Postgres
   > installation has this problem. I'd like to see it fixed...
   > 
   > Bruce, can you add this to the v6.3 ToDo (assuming you agree to take
   > it
   > on :)
   > 
   >                                                         - Tom
   > 
   > 
   > 
   
   

2. RE: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported p

   Frederick W. Reimer <fred.reimer@ctg.hboc.com> — 1998-02-16T11:00:24Z

   I have a "custom" slackware with at least the following updates:
   
   gcc-2.8.0
   glibc-2.0.6
   
   As per the glibc upgrade notes out there on the web, I've cleared 
   (actually moved) the /usr/include header files before installing 
   glibc, and have reinstalled some "standard" extra libraries (such as 
   ncurses) after that.
   
   I get the 3 hours 59 minutes 60.00 seconds.
   
   I also get a bunch of other problems in other tests.  Some are just 
   differences in the error message, but others are actual differences 
   in the float/double numbers produced.  Others don't show an error and 
   give a number where one "should" have been produced.  This is all 
   vauge now, but I will recompile the latest snapshot and give a 
   complete update maybe tonight, if not tomorrow.
   
   Could some of the other problems be due to gcc-2.8.0, which I'm not 
   sure is being used by anyone else for postgress (yet)?  Should we 
   include the compiler used in the porting updates (I think so).  For 
   instance, I like to use gcc on the Sparc/Solaris2.5.1 and HP-UX/10.20 
   boxes I have because it makes porting things easier between those 
   boxes and my Linux systems.  Isn't it possible that postgres compiles 
   fine using the vendor-supplied compilers, but would fail on gcc, or 
   visa versa?
   
   
   - Fred
   
   
   > I just tried this on Debian with glibc 2.0.6 and it works fine. That
   > is my 6.3 postgresql release outputs 4 hours.
   > 
   > Michael
   > 
   > --
   > Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager    | topystem Systemhaus GmbH
   > meskes@topsystem.de                    | Europark A2, Adenauerstr.
   > 20 meskes@debian.org                      | 52146 Wuerselen Go
   > SF49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux!      | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44
   > 
   > > ----------
   > > From: 	Thomas G. Lockhart[SMTP:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu]
   > > Sent: 	Freitag, 13. Februar 1998 17:57
   > > To: 	Fred.Reimer@ctg.hboc.com; Bruce Momjian
   > > Cc: 	hackers@postgreSQL.org
   > > Subject: 	[HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and
   > > supported ports
   > > 
   > > > Is the ix86/linux "confirmed" port using libc 5 or glibc 2.x (aka
   > > > libc6)?  As most major distributions are going to release all new
   > > > versions with glibc I think it's prudent to test on both "platforms"
   > > > independently.
   > > 
   > > Yes, that is a good point. There is a known bug in the glibc2 math
   > > library which breaks the date/time routines:
   > > 
   > > select '4 hours'::timespan;
   > > ---------
   > > @ 4 hours
   > > (1 row)
   > > 
   > > comes out instead as
   > > tgl=> select '4 hours'::timespan;
   > > ----------------------------
   > > @ 3 hours 59 mins 60.00 secs
   > > (1 row)
   > > 
   > > Oliver was working on patches. Lost his e-mail message; is Oliver
   > > still
   > > here? I've got a RH5.0 linux system at work now, and the shipped
   > > Postgres
   > > installation has this problem. I'd like to see it fixed...
   > > 
   > > Bruce, can you add this to the v6.3 ToDo (assuming you agree to take
   > > it
   > > on :)
   > > 
   > >                                                         - Tom
   > > 
   > > 
   > > 
   > 
   
   

3. RE: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported p

   Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 1998-02-16T16:47:51Z

   On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Frederick W. Reimer wrote:
   
   > Could some of the other problems be due to gcc-2.8.0, which I'm not 
   
   	I'm using v2.8.0 on the Solaris Sparc tests I do here...but
   nothing else yet...