Re: Problems when initdb on AIX 5.3

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Problems when initdb on AIX 5.3
Date: 2018-09-21 03:00:10
Message-ID: 20180921030010.u4hdxeh2z23ez4ib@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2018-09-20 19:56:58 -0500, Ron wrote:
> On 09/20/2018 11:22 AM, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> [snip]
> > Well, AIX 5.3 has been dead for over 6 years.
> >
> > You really shouldn't be doing any of this, it is just asking for trouble.
> >
> > Why not use a recent AIX with a recent PostgreSQL?
>
> Why do people so blithely and arrogantly assume that DBA can choose what
> hardware and OS version to run his software on?  It's shockingly ignorant of
> the reality of life: *you* don't control the hardware, or the OS or the
> network or the application.

Wishes don't make resource to debug arcane issues on outdated platforms
appear out of thin air.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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