Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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.
You forgot a certain another build system ;-) Should be trivial to add there though, if we choose to do it this way, so that's not an objection in general. //Magnus -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
