Re: 8.2beta1 failure on IRIX - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

I've applied the attached patch which merges ideas from your version and
John Jorgensen's.  Please check it.
        regards, tom lane

*** src/backend/utils/adt/float.c.orig    Tue Oct  3 23:16:36 2006
--- src/backend/utils/adt/float.c    Wed Oct  4 21:21:17 2006
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*** 328,333 ****
--- 328,359 ----     } #endif   /* HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD */ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_BUGGY_IRIX_STRTOD
+     /*
+      * In some IRIX versions, strtod() recognizes only "inf", so if the
+      * input is "infinity" we have to skip over "inity".  Also, it may
+      * return positive infinity for "-inf".
+      */
+     if (isinf(val))
+     {
+         if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "Infinity", 8) == 0)
+         {
+             val = get_float4_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 8;
+         }
+         else if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "-Infinity", 9) == 0)
+         {
+             val = -get_float4_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 9;
+         }
+         else if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "-inf", 4) == 0)
+         {
+             val = -get_float4_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 4;
+         }
+     }
+ #endif /* HAVE_BUGGY_IRIX_STRTOD */
+      /* skip trailing whitespace */     while (*endptr != '\0' && isspace((unsigned char) *endptr))
endptr++;
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*** 494,499 ****
--- 520,551 ----             endptr--;     } #endif   /* HAVE_BUGGY_SOLARIS_STRTOD */
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_BUGGY_IRIX_STRTOD
+     /*
+      * In some IRIX versions, strtod() recognizes only "inf", so if the
+      * input is "infinity" we have to skip over "inity".  Also, it may
+      * return positive infinity for "-inf".
+      */
+     if (isinf(val))
+     {
+         if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "Infinity", 8) == 0)
+         {
+             val = get_float8_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 8;
+         }
+         else if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "-Infinity", 9) == 0)
+         {
+             val = -get_float8_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 9;
+         }
+         else if (pg_strncasecmp(num, "-inf", 4) == 0)
+         {
+             val = -get_float8_infinity();
+             endptr = num + 4;
+         }
+     }
+ #endif /* HAVE_BUGGY_IRIX_STRTOD */      /* skip trailing whitespace */     while (*endptr != '\0' &&
isspace((unsignedchar) *endptr))
 
*** src/include/port/irix.h.orig    Fri Mar 10 23:38:38 2006
--- src/include/port/irix.h    Wed Oct  4 21:20:50 2006
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*** 1 ****
--- 1,7 ---- /* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/irix.h,v 1.3 2006/03/11 04:38:38 momjian Exp $ */
+ 
+ /*
+  * IRIX 6.5.26f and 6.5.22f (at least) have a strtod() that accepts
+  * "infinity", but leaves endptr pointing to "inity".
+  */
+ #define HAVE_BUGGY_IRIX_STRTOD