| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Sriram RK <sriram(dot)rk(at)outlook(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "tvk1271(at)gmail(dot)com" <tvk1271(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> |
| Subject: | Re: AIX support |
| Date: | 2024-04-25 08:03:11 |
| Message-ID: | d0941d67-04d4-453a-a94d-faf0c1139dca@eisentraut.org |
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On 25.04.24 06:20, Tom Lane wrote:
> Something I've been mulling over is whether to suggest that the
> proposed "new port" should only target building with gcc.
>
> On the one hand, that would (I think) remove a number of annoying
> issues, and the average end user is unlikely to care which compiler
> their database server was built with. On the other hand, I'm a strong
> proponent of avoiding software monocultures, and xlc is one of the few
> C compilers still standing that aren't gcc or clang.
My understanding is that the old xlc is dead and has been replaced by
"xlclang", which is presumably an xlc-compatible frontend on top of
clang/llvm. Hopefully, that will have fewer issues.
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