Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

Tom Lane skrev 2014-06-24 18:42:
> "Sebastian Reitenbach" <sebastia@l00-bugdead-prods.de> writes:
>> OK, that was easy:
>> $ cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql
>> $ make install
>> ===>  postgresql-client-9.3.4p0  requires shared libraries .
>> OpenBSD VAX is static only, so no postgresql on OpenBSD
>> VAX before shared libraries will ever be made working on it.
> Ouch.  We long ago passed the point of no return as far as requiring
> shared library support: there's too much backend functionality that's
> in separate shared libraries rather than being linked directly into
> the core executable.  I doubt anyone will be interested in taking on
> the task of supporting a parallel all-static build.
>
> I think this means we can write off VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD as a viable
> platform for Postgres :-(.  I'm sad to hear it, but certainly have
> not got the cycles personally to prevent it.
>
OpenBSD/vax is static only.  NetBSD/vax has dynamic libraries.

-- Ragge