Re: postgesql-9.0.4 compile on AIX 6.1 using gcc 4.4.6 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Steve Singer
Subject Re: postgesql-9.0.4 compile on AIX 6.1 using gcc 4.4.6
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In response to postgesql-9.0.4 compile on AIX 6.1 using gcc 4.4.6  ("Weiss, Wilfried" <Wilfried.Weiss@nsg.com>)
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On 11-08-30 07:58 AM, Weiss, Wilfried wrote: <blockquote
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font-family:Arial;">Hello,</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Arial;"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10pt; font-family: Arial;">I am just trying to compile postgresql-9.0.4 on AIX 6100-06-03-1048 using
gcc4.4.6.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Arial;"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Arial;">Unfortunately that was not all. </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanlang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">There was also:</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">"[Bug
target/46072]AIX linker chokes on debug info for uninitialized static variables"</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
Arial;"> </span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Arial;">This is an IBM bug in AIX’s assembler (as) which causes corrupt object code that is crashing when
tryingto execute it.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10pt;font-family: Arial;">As far as I know IBM still not delived a fix for this. It seems that they are not interested
inthis as IBM’s xlc is not using the assembler to create object code.  </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Does any
oneknow whether there is an alternate way to compile postgresql on AIX 6.1 using gcc???</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I
appreciateeven the smallest hint!</span></font></div></blockquote><br /> I have compiled 9.0.4 on AIX 5.3 with GCC
4.1.1without any issues.<br /> (well the regression tests hit an issue on REL9_0_STABLE builds that they don't hit with
morerecent branches but that is due to a makefile related issue that I should post about in a different thread. <br
/><br/> The buildfarm member grebe (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_history.pl?nm=grebe&br=HEAD">http://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_history.pl?nm=grebe&br=HEAD</a>)
doesthis.<br /><br /> I do not have access to a AIX 6.1 machine<br /><br /><br /><blockquote
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font-family:Arial;">Regards </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:10pt; font-family: Arial;">WW</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
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