On Feb 11, 2008 4:28 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Dave Page" <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > If the endianess isn't corrected for the non-native platform at build > > time, I've seen initdb leave a cluster with a completely broken > > pg_rewrite (iirc). > > Hmm, but is pg_rewrite really the most obvious symptom? In 8.3 I would > expect massive breakage all over, because of the varvarlena stuff's > sensitivity to endianness. It was what we found first upon investigating why my first attempts at building a universal binary failed. A quick test with pgAdmin threw an odd error following a select from a view. We eventually realised that the query trees in ev_action were all blank if memory serves. Greg might remember more... -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Oracle-compatible database company ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
