Push responsibility for selecting out-of-line-assembler TAS code out to

the platform template files, instead of doing it directly in configure.in.
This seems cleaner, and also opens the door to making the choice be
dependent on the compiler being used.

configure

@@ -1448,22 +1448,11 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$template" >&6
 PORTNAME=$template
 
 
-# Pick right test-and-set (TAS) code.  Most platforms have inline
-# assembler code in src/include/storage/s_lock.h, so we just use
-# a dummy file here.
-case $host in
-  hppa*-*-hpux*)        need_tas=yes; tas_file=hpux_hppa.s ;;
-  sparc-*-solaris*) need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_sparc.s ;;
-  i?86-*-solaris*)   need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_i386.s ;;
-  *)                need_tas=no;  tas_file=dummy.s ;;
-esac
-ac_config_links="$ac_config_links src/backend/port/tas.s:src/backend/port/tas/${tas_file}"
-
-
-if test "$need_tas" = yes ; then
-  TAS=tas.o
-fi
-
+# Initialize default assumption that we do not need separate assembly code
+# for TAS (test-and-set).  This can be overridden by the template file
+# when it's executed.
+need_tas=no
+tas_file=dummy.s
 
 
 
@@ -2824,6 +2813,21 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 
+#
+# Set up TAS assembly code if needed; the template file has now had its
+# chance to request this.
+#
+ac_config_links="$ac_config_links src/backend/port/tas.s:src/backend/port/tas/${tas_file}"
+
+
+if test "$need_tas" = yes ; then
+  TAS=tas.o
+else
+  TAS=""
+fi
+
+
+
 #
 # Automatic dependency tracking
 #
@@ -18223,7 +18227,6 @@ s,@host_cpu@,$host_cpu,;t t
 s,@host_vendor@,$host_vendor,;t t
 s,@host_os@,$host_os,;t t
 s,@PORTNAME@,$PORTNAME,;t t
-s,@TAS@,$TAS,;t t
 s,@docdir@,$docdir,;t t
 s,@enable_nls@,$enable_nls,;t t
 s,@WANTED_LANGUAGES@,$WANTED_LANGUAGES,;t t
@@ -18240,6 +18243,7 @@ s,@EXEEXT@,$EXEEXT,;t t
 s,@OBJEXT@,$OBJEXT,;t t
 s,@CPP@,$CPP,;t t
 s,@GCC@,$GCC,;t t
+s,@TAS@,$TAS,;t t
 s,@autodepend@,$autodepend,;t t
 s,@INCLUDES@,$INCLUDES,;t t
 s,@enable_thread_safety@,$enable_thread_safety,;t t

configure.in

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.308 2003/11/29 19:51:16 pgsql Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.309 2003/12/23 18:40:52 tgl Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -97,21 +97,11 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$template])
 PORTNAME=$template
 AC_SUBST(PORTNAME)
 
-# Pick right test-and-set (TAS) code.  Most platforms have inline
-# assembler code in src/include/storage/s_lock.h, so we just use
-# a dummy file here.
-case $host in
-  hppa*-*-hpux*)        need_tas=yes; tas_file=hpux_hppa.s ;;
-  sparc-*-solaris*) need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_sparc.s ;;
-  i?86-*-solaris*)   need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_i386.s ;;
-  *)                need_tas=no;  tas_file=dummy.s ;;
-esac
-AC_CONFIG_LINKS([src/backend/port/tas.s:src/backend/port/tas/${tas_file}])
-
-if test "$need_tas" = yes ; then
-  TAS=tas.o
-fi
-AC_SUBST(TAS)
+# Initialize default assumption that we do not need separate assembly code
+# for TAS (test-and-set).  This can be overridden by the template file
+# when it's executed.
+need_tas=no
+tas_file=dummy.s
 
 
 
@@ -302,6 +292,20 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PG_VERSION_STR,
                    [A string containing the version number, platform, and C compiler])
 
 
+#
+# Set up TAS assembly code if needed; the template file has now had its
+# chance to request this.
+#
+AC_CONFIG_LINKS([src/backend/port/tas.s:src/backend/port/tas/${tas_file}])
+
+if test "$need_tas" = yes ; then
+  TAS=tas.o
+else
+  TAS=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(TAS)
+
+
 #
 # Automatic dependency tracking
 #

src/template/hpux

@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ if test "$GCC" != yes ; then
   CC="$CC -Ae"
   CFLAGS="+O2"
 fi
+
+# Pick right test-and-set (TAS) code.
+case $host in
+  hppa*-*-hpux*)        need_tas=yes; tas_file=hpux_hppa.s ;;
+esac

src/template/solaris

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ if test "$GCC" != yes ; then
   CFLAGS="-O -v"		# -v is like gcc -Wall
 fi
 
+# Pick right test-and-set (TAS) code.
+case $host in
+  sparc-*-solaris*)  need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_sparc.s ;;
+  i?86-*-solaris*)   need_tas=yes; tas_file=solaris_i386.s ;;
+esac
+
 THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
 NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=yes	# 5.6 2003-09-13
 THREAD_LIBS="-pthread"