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From: Alvaro Herrera on 5 Jan 2010 11:04
Tom Lane wrote:
> As pointed out here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2010-01/msg00145.php
> the current zic code doesn't cope gracefully with lack of working
> int64. Considering the trouble we've gone to throughout the rest
> of the system to support such compilers, it's a bit annoying to
> have this little detail break it. On the other hand, it's unclear
> that anybody still cares. (Other than people running SCO Openserver,
> for whom I have little sympathy anyway.)
>
> Thoughts? Is it worth expending any energy on?

Yeah, I'd say this much:

#ifdef INT64_IS_BUSTED
#error "unsupported platform"
#endif

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From: David Fetter on 5 Jan 2010 11:16
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 10:47:33AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> As pointed out here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2010-01/msg00145.php
> the current zic code doesn't cope gracefully with lack of working
> int64. Considering the trouble we've gone to throughout the rest of
> the system to support such compilers, it's a bit annoying to have
> this little detail break it. On the other hand, it's unclear that
> anybody still cares. (Other than people running SCO Openserver, for
> whom I have little sympathy anyway.)
>
> Thoughts?

There was a use case for supporting non-working int64, but reality has
changed.

> Is it worth expending any energy on?

Not IMHO.

Cheers,
David.
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