Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes:
> > ... Moreover, there does not actually seem to be a
> > way to find out whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit build (except by
> > using OS tools).
>
> I think the basic definition of "32 bit" or "64 bit", certainly for
> our purposes, is sizeof(void *). That is something that configure
> could easily find out. Or you could look at sizeof(size_t) which
> it already does find out.
>
> I have no immediate proposal on how to factor that into the version
> string.
I think the pointer size is part of the compiler, rather than the
platform, so it should go after the compiler mention, e.g.:
test=> select version();
version
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.4devel on i386-pc-bsdi4.3.1, compiled by GCC 2.95.3, 32-bit
(1 row)
The attached patch modifies configure.in and updates a documentation mention.
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Index: configure.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.577
diff -c -c -r1.577 configure.in
*** configure.in 11 Dec 2008 07:34:07 -0000 1.577
--- configure.in 31 Dec 2008 02:42:42 -0000
***************
*** 496,503 ****
else
cc_string=$CC
fi
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PG_VERSION_STR,
! ["PostgreSQL $PACKAGE_VERSION on $host, compiled by $cc_string"],
[A string containing the version number, platform, and C compiler])
--- 496,505 ----
else
cc_string=$CC
fi
+ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([void *])
+
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PG_VERSION_STR,
! ["PostgreSQL $PACKAGE_VERSION on $host, compiled by $cc_string, `expr $ac_cv_sizeof_void_p \* 8`-bit"],
[A string containing the version number, platform, and C compiler])
Index: doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -c -c -r1.47 start.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/start.sgml 16 May 2008 17:17:00 -0000 1.47
--- doc/src/sgml/start.sgml 31 Dec 2008 02:42:47 -0000
***************
*** 362,370 ****
<indexterm><primary>version</primary></indexterm>
<screen>
<prompt>mydb=></prompt> <userinput>SELECT version();</userinput>
! version
! ----------------------------------------------------------------
! PostgreSQL &version; on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
(1 row)
<prompt>mydb=></prompt> <userinput>SELECT current_date;</userinput>
--- 362,370 ----
<indexterm><primary>version</primary></indexterm>
<screen>
<prompt>mydb=></prompt> <userinput>SELECT version();</userinput>
! version
! -----------------------------------------------------------------------
! PostgreSQL &version; on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96, 32-bit
(1 row)
<prompt>mydb=></prompt> <userinput>SELECT current_date;</userinput>
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