Bug Report - Compile errors in vacuum.c and shmem.c
Billy G. Allie <bill.allie@mug.org>
From: "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Cc: patches@postgreSQL.org, pgsql-ports@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-03-31T08:06:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Attachments
- uw7.19990330.patch (application/x-patch) patch
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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Billy G. Allie
Your email address : Bill.Allie@mug.org
System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Pentium
Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : UnixWare 7.0.1
PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.4) : Current CVS version
Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : Optimizing C Compilation
System (CCS) 3.2 08/18/98
(u701)
Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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Compiling 'vacuum.c' produces the following errors:
UX:acomp: ERROR: "vacuum.c", line 2424: cannot do pointer arithmetic on
operand of unknown size
UX:acomp: ERROR: "vacuum.c", line 2428: cannot do pointer arithmetic on
operand of unknown size
UX:acomp: ERROR: "vacuum.c", line 2431: cannot do pointer arithmetic on
operand of unknown size
UX:acomp: ERROR: "vacuum.c", line 2433: cannot do pointer arithmetic on
operand of unknown size
UX:acomp: ERROR: "vacuum.c", line 2448: cannot do pointer arithmetic on
operand of unknown size
Compiling 'shmem.c' produces the following error:
UX:acomp: ERROR: "shmem.c", line 740: void function cannot return value
Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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Compile the program on a strict ANSI C compiler :-)
If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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The attached patch will fix the problems.
In vacuumc.c, pointer arithmatic was performed on a pointer of type void. The
patch casts the void pointer to a character pointer, does the arithmatic, and
then casts the result back to a void pointer.
In shmem.c, a function of type void returned a value. The patch removes the
offending return statement.