Subject: [HACKERS] linux/alpha patches

These patches lay the groundwork for a Linux/Alpha port.  The port doesn't
actually work unless you tweak the linker to put all the pointers in the
first 32 bits of the address space, but it's at least a start.  It
implements the test-and-set instruction in Alpha assembly, and also fixes
a lot of pointer-to-integer conversions, which is probably good anyway.

Subject: [HACKERS] equal column and table name patch

This fixes a bug where selects fail when there is a column with the same
name as the table it's a part of.

Subject: [HACKERS] better access control error messages

This patch replaces the 'no such class or insufficient privilege' with
distinct error messages that tell you whether the table really doesn't
exist or whether access was denied.

Subject: [HACKERS] backend Makefile patch

This patch cleans up backend/Makefile a little bit, and prevents it from
relinking the backend binary when no changes have been made.

Subject: [HACKERS] abort failed transaction patch

This patch allows you to end a transaction that has failed on an error
using the 'ABORT' statement without generating another error message.
(By default you get an error unless you use 'END' to terminate the
transaction, which has already been aborted anyway.)

By Edmund

text, which are supposed to behave exactly as their Oracle counterparts.

From: Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>

Use INT4OID instead of 23.

generated files, that shouldn't be removed on a make clean

Pointed out by half the hackers mailing list :)

Pointed out by Bruce

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containing non-unique data