Re: [PORTS] plpgsql & bsdi 4.0

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Nat Howard <nrh@pupworks.com>
Cc: Jan Wieck <jwieck@debis.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1999-09-20T18:58:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 
> >> Thanks -- I did a similar change, which had similar results.
> >> 
> >> I'm afraid I can't be of any help on the question of how 
> >> BSDI handles shared libraries.  I don't currently have a support
> >> contract with them, so I don't have a graceful "in" to ask them.
> >> 
> >> I would say you have now duplicated the problem I was asking about, 
> >> and if someone can solve it, I'll be a very happy fella.
> >
> >Does the new patch make it work, or just fail in a different way?
> 
> Hmmm... I might have missed a message, but if by "the new patch" you
> mean the patch that declares yyline in pl_comp.c, then the way to 
> put it is that I get the same failure you do: plpgsql regression
> test fails with the same (or nearly the same) error message you 
> got.  The only difference between our patches is that you got rid
> of the "extern" in pl_comp.c and I did it in scan.l.

> 
> So, the remaining problem is to fix those errors.  Now, it's possible
> you sent "Bruce Patch #2", and I missed it.  Did you?
> 
> Or do you still have the error from the regression test shown above?
> 
> If you do, then there's still work to do, but if you don't, I missed
> something -- please send it again!

OK, we tried the same thing, and got the same errors.  Not sure about a
cause on this one.  I am Cc'ing the author.  Very strange.  Does anyone
else see plpgsql regression failures?

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