| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, mark(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: ppc64le support in 9.3 branch? |
| Date: | 2018-05-22 15:56:52 |
| Message-ID: | 7998.1527004612@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> writes:
> Re: Tom Lane 2018-03-23 <1219(dot)1521831286(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>> The compromise I'm inclined to offer is to see what happens if we
>> back-patch 9.4's config.guess and config.sub. If that makes these
>> animals go green, and doesn't break any others, we'll call it good.
>> Otherwise, we revert that change and say we're not putting any
>> additional effort into it.
> Fwiw, apt.postgresql.org has been building+regression testing 9.3 on
> ppc64el on various Debian+Ubuntu releases for more than a year now.
> The only requirement is updating config.guess/sub.
FWIW, I'm still in favor of that back-patch. But I was outvoted
before, and I dunno if this new info will change anyone's mind.
regards, tom lane
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