Re: Call for port reports

Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>

From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-10-24T22:07:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
In the last exciting episode, pgman@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) wrote:
> It is time for people to report their port testing.  Please test against
> current CVS or beta5 and report your 'uname -a'.
>
> The current list is at:
>
> 	http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/supported-platforms.html

On AIX, it's _close_...
============== shutting down postmaster               ==============

=======================
 1 of 93 tests failed. 
=======================

bash-2.05a$ uname -a
AIX ibm-db 1 5 000CD13A4C00

The difference lies here:

bash-2.05a$ more regress/regression.diffs 
*** ./expected/errors.out       Wed Oct  1 17:07:24 2003
--- ./results/errors.out        Fri Oct 24 17:56:34 2003
***************
*** 197,211 ****
  ERROR:  syntax error at or near ")" at character 20
  -- no such operator 
  drop operator === (int4);
! ERROR:  missing argument
! HINT:  Use NONE to denote the missing argument of a unary operator.
  -- no such operator by that name 
  drop operator === (int4, int4);
  ERROR:  operator does not exist: integer === integer
  -- no such type1 
  drop operator = (nonesuch);
! ERROR:  missing argument
! HINT:  Use NONE to denote the missing argument of a unary operator.
  -- no such type1 
  drop operator = ( , int4);
  ERROR:  syntax error at or near "," at character 19
--- 197,209 ----
  ERROR:  syntax error at or near ")" at character 20
  -- no such operator 
  drop operator === (int4);
! ERROR:  argument type missing (use NONE for unary operators)
  -- no such operator by that name 
  drop operator === (int4, int4);
  ERROR:  operator does not exist: integer === integer
  -- no such type1 
  drop operator = (nonesuch);
! ERROR:  argument type missing (use NONE for unary operators)
  -- no such type1 
  drop operator = ( , int4);
  ERROR:  syntax error at or near "," at character 19

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I'll have to look at "why" next week; I don't see the dropping of a
HINT message being a dramatic error, though.
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