Attached is a patch with some fixes that (I think that) should go into

6.4.1. Here is the list:

- The type int8 now works. In fact, the bug(s) were in
src/backend/port/snprintf.c, so int8 is probably broken in every platform
that hasn't a native snprintf/vsnprintf. The type itself worked as
expected, only the output was wrong. Anyway, this patch should be checked
in other platforms.

- The regression tests for int2 and int4, which were broken due to
differences in the error messages, are fixed.

- The regression test for float8, which was broken in the reference
platform, is also fixed. I don't know if the new file (float8-OSF1.out)
will work on other platforms, but it might be worth to try it.

- Two new template files are provided (alpha_cc, which includes
optimization, and alpha_gcc), and src/templates/.similar is updated
accordingly. src/templates/alpha should be removed from the distribution.
*IMPORTANT NOTE*: I don't know if you can use gcc to compile postgres;
I've written the alpha_gcc file because alpha_cc has some flags that are
specific to DEC C.

- There is a (very basic) Digital Unix specific FAQ in
doc/FAQ_DigitalUnix.

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src/template/.similar

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-alpha-dec-osf=alpha
+alpha-dec-osf=alpha_cc
 alpha-unknown-linux-gnu=linux_alpha
 hppa1.1-hp-hpux=hpux_cc
 hppa1.1-stratus-sysv4=svr4

src/template/alpha_cc

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+AROPT:crs
+# NOFIXADE disallows unaligned access.
+#   on Ultrix and OSF/1 it invokes an explicit syscall.
+#   on HP-UX it turns off certain compiler options.
+# This is defined here because a bunch of clients include tmp/c.h,
+# which is where the work is done on HP-UX.  It only affects the
+# backend on Ultrix and OSF/1.
+CFLAGS:-DNOFIXADE -std -O4 -Olimit 2000
+SHARED_LIB:
+ALL:
+SRCH_INC:
+SRCH_LIB:
+DLSUFFIX:.so
+YFLAGS:-d
+YACC: