Re: V8 Beta 5 on AIX

Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> > Let me ask --- if you change the CC line in Makefile.global to cc_r,
> > does everything build OK?  That might be a clean solution because the
> > change could be made in one place.  Of course this would mean the
> > backend would also be compiled using cc_r and I have no idea of the
> > effect.
> > 
> > Of course, the idea that any use of libpq has to use cc_r is going to
> > make building things complex without some adjustments.
> > 
> > Also, what version of AIX are you using?  Are other AIX folks having
> > thread build problems?
> > 
> 
> We have until very recently supporting a number of applications
> requiring threading on AIX 3/4/5. They always required much more
> understanding of the entire compile/link/run cycle than any other
> platform we use. Changing the CC line to cc_r works fine with the
> only problem being the cascaded use of cc_r into any application
> that links against libpq. Even with these complications, I think
> we should still allow threading on AIX. Anyone who builds software 
> on AIX already knows how to manage these issues.

OK, but why does the AIX 5.1 version they have not have cc_r?

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