| From: | Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Compiling on HP-UX 10.20 fails |
| Date: | 2008-11-17 22:03:26 |
| Message-ID: | 4921EA2E.6020205@esilo.com |
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>> Configure already does error out if threading is requested for this
>> platform ;-).
We are not seeing that behavior; at least for 8.3.5 tarball. configure
succeeds and with my patch, libpq builds and runs just fine.
>> The question in my mind is if we want to take any
>> additional trouble for an OS version long out of support by its maker.
>> I'd vote not, even though I still use it ...
We still find this old fart in the field, not a couple of them but quite
a few.
>
> We shouldn't be wasting time
> on dinosaurs.
>
Nobody had to, a patch was tested and provided by a brilliant engineer ;-)
I'm actually quite indifferent to this. I just think the configure
should fail with "unsupported option for platform" error, which Tom says
it should be doing, or something like my patch be applied.
--
Andrew Chernow
eSilo, LLC
every bit counts
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