Re: solaris libpq threaded build fails - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: solaris libpq threaded build fails
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Msg-id 23292.1231972769@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: solaris libpq threaded build fails  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>>> Is there any objection to applying this to 8.4?
>> 
>> Yes.  I don't think we should bother with a one-operating-system patch
>> for an OS version that was obsolete ten years ago.  (Even if I am still
>> running it ;-).)  If we do this, the next thing will be trying to work
>> around whatever threading bugs exist in the platform, and you can be
>> sure there are some.

> True, but from my reading AIX was also in the mix.  We can just wait for
> another bug report, of course.

I think the appropriate level of effort is just to document that we
don't support threading on HPUX 10.x.  And the same for whatever ancient
AIX version might have the same problem ...
        regards, tom lane


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