Re: [GENERAL] Postgres on Linux Alpha

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql(at)rkirkpat(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres on Linux Alpha
Date: 1999-11-10 01:04:43
Message-ID: 199911100104.UAA24434@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > Without these patches, pgsql will not run out of the box on
> > > Linux/Alpha. Hopefully it will in 7.0 a few (?) months from now.
> >
> > Why don't we apply this to 6.5.*.
>
> Not to sound annoyed here (long, long day), but we have been down
> this path before. The general consensus (sp?) was that parts were to
> radical (for 6.5.* maint. releases) and had a tendency to break other
> platforms. A quick test showed that they broke Linux/Intel to some extent.
> :(

Just wondering.

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