Re: Because PostgreSQL is compiling in old versions of OS?

El 8/11/17 a las 20:28, DrakoRod escribió:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I want to develop a installer for many purposes, but i have a question, when
> I review the currently PostgreSQL versions, I see Ubuntu 5 or RHEL 4 , when
> currently we have Ubuntu 16 or RHEL 7. for example:
>
> /PostgreSQL 9.6.0 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.7
> 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16), 64-bit
>
> PostgreSQL 9.6.5 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu
> 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 5.4.0 20160609, 64-bit/
>
> This is a standard, convention or is for compatibility? Which the best OS
> version to complining with the goal to build binaries "standard" o "more
> compatible"?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
Hello

You're wrong, that are gcc versions, not OS versions.

For example in my CentOS 6 Box

cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.9 (Final)

gcc -v
[...trimmed...]
gcc versión 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-18) (GCC)

Best