[csw-maintainers] [csw-buildfarm] Building postgresql-8.4.1

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Maciej,

Am 02.12.2009 um 16:17 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org>  
> wrote:
>> Hi Maciej,
>>
>> Am 02.12.2009 um 15:35 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
>>> We could have a postinstall script which would detect and set the
>>> architecture, but isn't it what isaexec does anyway?
>>
>> Yes, but on every invocation. You can execute the postinstall  
>> selecting
>> 32/64 bit with isaexec for optimal selection, but the selection  
>> should
>> be static and not be changed between invocations of the database.
>
> Can I ask a naïve "why"?
>
> Machine's architecture may change overnight?  isaexec might become
> broken?  I don't have any other ideas.

You can boot a Solaris 8 and 9 Sparc in 32 or 64 bit. Yes, this is
an artifical example. However, I have a very bad feeling selecting
this at runtime. I just don't like the idea of copying an
installation from one machine to another and it then doesn't work
but I may be too picky here...


Best regards

   -- Dago