Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 10:11:34 -0700
From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: buildfarm-members@lists.postgresql.org,
	pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: FullTransactionId changes are causing portability issues
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Hi,

On 2019-05-22 16:13:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> > On 2019-05-22 15:55:50 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Per Bjorn's report:
> >> The compiler used in Sun Studio 12u1, very old and and I can try to
> >> upgrade and see if that helps.
> > I tried Sun Studio 12u2 and then a more drastic upgrade to Developer
> > Studio 12.5 but both had the same effect.
> 
> 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.

Greetings,

Andres Freund