On 02/15/12 7:00 PM, Jayashankar K B wrote:
>
> Is there a ready postgres 9.1 Package for the i.MX51X processor (ARM
> Cortex architecture) available or do I need to compile the Postgres
> source myself ?
>
> I need it for a board having the i.MX51 processor and Linux (one of
> the latest versions of kernel – yet to decide the exact version).
>
> If I need to compile postgres source, then what parameters should I
> use for this particular processor architecture ?
>
> Also, I am yet to find a cross compilation tool chain for this processor.
>
> If any ideas, please share.
>
from the perspective of compiling a package like Postgres, the libc and
other libraries version is more important than the kernel
IMHO, the important things to decide at compile time are...
* prefix directory
* ssl support?
* plpython?
* plperl?
* uuid support?
ssl, perl, python, and uuid will all require the appropriate runtime
libraries.
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