Re: Compiling on HP-UX 10.20 fails - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Compiling on HP-UX 10.20 fails
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Msg-id 7526.1226957273@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Compiling on HP-UX 10.20 fails  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Compiling on HP-UX 10.20 fails  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I've always assumed that the userland thread support in 10.20 is too
>> broken to be worth troubling with.

> Using GNU Pth 2.07 on hpux 10.20 all tests provided with the library
> pass when built via gcc 2.95.3.  hpux is definitely a capricious
> platform on a lot of levels, but Andrew's patch does technically fix
> the build.  PostgreSQL's threading tests pass as well.  The
> alternative is to have configure error out if threading is requested
> for this platform.

Configure already does error out if threading is requested for this
platform ;-).  The question in my mind is if we want to take any
additional trouble for an OS version long out of support by its maker.
I'd vote not, even though I still use it ...
        regards, tom lane


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