Re: Upgrade db format without older version of PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Upgrade db format without older version of PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 20433.1254247176@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Upgrade db format without older version of PostgreSQL  (Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@gunduz.org>)
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Devrim =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=DCND=DCZ?= <devrim@gunduz.org> writes:
> On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 13:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> You might be able to make it go by adding #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
>> in src/include/port/linux.h, and adding -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv
>> to CFLAGS,

> Yeah, these worked. I could build 7.2.8 on my F-11 box.

>> but yeah, trying to build it on a modern Linux system looks
>> a bit shaky.  If you do go this route, I'd recommend making sure it
>> passes its regression tests before you risk letting it touch your real
>> data.

> geometry and horology tests are failing here. regression.diffs is
> attached for reference.

Those are harmless/unsurprising.

            regards, tom lane

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