Re: cvs head initdb hangs on unixware

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > I find it pretty scary to work around compiler bugs like this. Who knows 
> > what other code it miscompiles. Can you reduce fsm_search_avail into a 
> > small stand-alone test program, and file a bug report with the compiler 
> > vendor?
> > 
> > BTW, why does this work on warthog buildfarm member? Different compiler 
> > version?
> 
> The archives are full of compiler bugs specifically in the SCO compilers 
> appearing and disappearing in various versions.  We usually don't try to 
>   work around it; instead we make a note to avoid certain compiler 
> versions.  Filing upstream bugs usually also works.

The SCO compiler is so bad and so prone to breakage that I question
whether it is even worth filing upstream bug reports.

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