Subject: Re: Alpha assembly question...
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/17/2000 09:18:59
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Allen Briggs wrote:

: > Anyway, I made it this far in getting Postgres to run:
: > [...]
: > FATAL: s_lock(20318030) at spin.c:114, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
: 
: That's as far as I got, too.  I haven't gotten back to it.  I
: was suspecting LP64 bugs when I last looked at it.  Does anyone
: know if it really runs on Tru64/OSF or Linux/alpha?

No, it does not.  Search AltaVista for "+alpha +linux +postgresql"--it's
littered with LP64 breakage.

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-- Todd Vierling (tv@pobox.com)