Re: AIX FAQ addition

From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>
To: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: AIX FAQ addition
Date: 2005-11-04 17:43:14
Message-ID: 436B9DB2.8070604@kaltenbrunner.cc
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Chris Browne wrote:
> We haven't seen any agreement emerge as to what is causing AIX 5.3 ML3
> to fail to successfully build the release candidates.
>
> However, a patch has emerged (thanks, Seneca!) that does allow it to
> work, and which I'd expect to be portable (better still!).
>
> We are still actively pursuing why it breaks, but supposing that still
> remains outstanding, at least the following would allow AIX users to
> better survive a build...

I can confirm that with that patch applied 8.1RC1 builds and passes a
complete run of the buildfarm-script(including plpython and with a
simple makefile-fix plperl) compiled with gcc 4.0.2 and xlc.

So I think we should definitly add this to the FAQ at least.

Stefan

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