Re: Using different GCC, CFLAGS, CCFLAGS and CPPFLAGS to compile Postgres and PostGIS?

Also can you explain if I built Postgres from source on one platform lets
say RHEL_6 and deployed its artifacts like its binaries, libs and share on
a CentOS and tried building extensions against Postgres on CentOS are there
any dangers of doing that?

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:34 PM, postgres user <postgresuser1989(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am wondering about this question for a while with no definite answer to
> it, can someone explain me in detail to clear me out on the following
> question :
>
> What can go wrong or is it acceptable if I build Postgres from source with
> let's say GCC 4.x.y and some specific CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and CCFLAGS and when
> I try to install an extension for Postgres such as PostGIS using a
> different version of GCC lets say GCC 4.x.z with varying CFLAGS, CCFLAGS
> and CPPFLAGS and if I follow the same process for other non-contrib
> extensions? I want to know the theory behind this and it would serve me a
> great help to understand the systems aspect of the process as well.
>
> Thanks
>