Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hTrnV-00040u-3D for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 17:46:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hTrnT-0007F3-Q0 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 23 May 2019 17:46:31 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hTrnT-0007Es-D6; Thu, 23 May 2019 17:46:31 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hTrnI-0001tI-IO; Thu, 23 May 2019 17:46:30 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x4NHkFw7017018; Thu, 23 May 2019 13:46:15 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Andres Freund cc: buildfarm-members@lists.postgresql.org, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: FullTransactionId changes are causing portability issues In-reply-to: <20190523171134.vwsjumopzjnrgagn@alap3.anarazel.de> References: <27054.1558533367@sss.pgh.pa.us> <6039.1558536488@sss.pgh.pa.us> <11261.1558554950@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20190522200312.kmh6qv3jbms7dtpx@alap3.anarazel.de> <12028.1558555982@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20190523171134.vwsjumopzjnrgagn@alap3.anarazel.de> Comments: In-reply-to Andres Freund message dated "Thu, 23 May 2019 10:11:34 -0700" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <17016.1558633575.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:46:15 -0400 Message-ID: <17017.1558633575@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Andres Freund writes: > On 2019-05-22 16:13:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> It doesn't sound like "use a newer compiler" is going to be a helpful >> answer there. > Well, GCC is available on solaris, and IIRC not that hard to install > (isn't it just a 'pkg install gcc' or such?). Don't think we need to > invest a lot of energy fixing a compiler / OS combo that effectively > isn't developed further. I'm not really excited about adopting a position that PG will only build on GCC and clones thereof. regards, tom lane