Re: Include ppc64le build type for back branches - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Include ppc64le build type for back branches
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Msg-id 56671239.2090408@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: Include ppc64le build type for back branches  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Include ppc64le build type for back branches  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 12/08/2015 10:27 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thakkar@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> So, config.guess should be changed to include the build type for ppc64le
>> like it is in 9.4+ branches.
> So far as I can tell from a quick troll of the git history, we have never
> ever updated config.guess/config.sub in released branches.  I'm a bit
> hesitant to do it in this case either: it would amount to retroactively
> adding support for a platform, which sure sounds like a new feature.
>
> My vote would be to adjust your buildfarm critter to only try to build
> 9.4 and up.
>
>             



Or put what he said works in his critter's build-farm.conf in the 
config_opts section, something like:

    --build=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu


cheers

andrew



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