Re: apparent problem on linux/s390

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 06:38:25 -0600 (CST), Andrew Dunstan
<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:

> Maybe we should mark the buildfarm member as "s390 emulator" ?

It could be. But we'd rather use the full specification,
"Hercules 2.37, ESAME S390 architecture, 31 bit mode, running Debian
Linux Woody"
or something like that. Don't quote it now though, I do not remember what
was the version Hercules I used. But in my opinion what runs on Hercules
runs on Mainframe too, we can safely claim that we compiled and tested
on a mainframe.

> Meanwhile, if anyone knows of real big iron that could join the buildfarm
> that would also be good.

It will be great. There should be some universities that still use mainframe
and some of them even installed Linux. Compiling PostgreSQL is extremely
resource hungry process. I doubt a business will lend its mainframe for
such a purpose. Also the used to be P390 - personal mainframes machines
produced by IBM a decade ago. They still can be bought on eBay for
something like $5,000. They can run Linux too.

Regards,
Nicolai Tufar