I don't think anyone replied to your questions below so let me try. I am afraid this falls in the same category as the HP-UX patch, in that it is for threading on an older platform and is more for a single site rather than something where more users can benefit.
It would be interesting if you could host a web page, perhaps on our wiki, that lists patches for older platforms so we don't lose this information and it might be helpful to use some day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Chernow wrote: > Continuing http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-01/msg01762.php > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Well, this helps explain why were are getting these problems reports > > only now. How many hacks do you have that we don't support, aside from > > the threading one for HPUX? > > > > Compiling threaded libpq on UnixWare fails on sigwait. > > I quickly setup a test for unixware 7.1.4. The only issue I found was with > sigwait. Although unixware does have a 2arg POSIX.1c version, it requires > setting _XOPEN_SOURCE and _POSIX_C_SOURCE in such a manner that breaks other > things: > > (http://uw714doc.sco.com/en/man/html.3pthread/sigwait.3pthread.html). > > My solution was: > > 1. added the below to configure.in line 1620, same section as > PGAC_FUNC_POSIX_SIGNALS checks. > > AC_MSG_CHECKING(for POSIX.1c sigwait) > AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <signal.h>], > [sigwait((const sigset_t *)NULL, (int *)NULL)], > [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POSIX1C_SIGWAIT, 1, > [Define if the system includes a POSIX.1c sigwait]) > AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)], > [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]) > > 2. Remove the sigwait prototype declaration from > src/test/thread/thread_test.c. > I do not know why it is forcing the 2 arg version of sigwait? Any insight > would be helpful. Maybe it is for good reason. > > 3. Update fe-secure.c line 1337, the only place that uses sigwait, to the > below: > > #ifdef HAVE_POSIX1C_SIGWAIT > sigwait(&sigpipe_sigset, &signo); > #else > signo = sigwait(&sigpipe_sigset); > #endif > > If these changes seemare acceptable, I will provide a formal patch. BTW, > openserver has the same issue so this kills two birds with one stone. Not > sure > if openserver has other issues yet, test scheduled for Monday. > > -- > Andrew Chernow > eSilo, LLC > every bit counts > http://www.esilo.com/ > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
