We have only one supported port, NextStep, which does not set
USE_POSIX_TIME. I had some indication from Gregor Hoffleit
<flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de> that NextStep seems to compile with
USE_POSIX_TIME enabled, but he had other build trouble and I don't think
he was able to run the regression tests, at least at that time.
Does anyone else use NextStep? I need someone to work with who can
verify from beginning to end that we can use the POSIX time conventions
on that platform.
If NextStep requires some other packages to get Postgres working
(something I vaguely recall reading, but it may have been for only
particular applications or front-ends?), and if those packages also give
POSIX time support then we can drop the archaic code and simplify things
a bit.
If we don't hear anything from NextStep users, I would be inclined to
unilaterally drop support for non-POSIX-time machines (how's that for a
threat :)
- Tom
btw, I believe that the POSIX time support is available on the Web, but
perhaps since NextStep uses a different convention for storing system
time (?) then the code does not port trivially.
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