Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

On 24/06/14 10:16 PM, John Klos wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Has anyone tried to build PostgreSQL for VAX lately?  If so, did it
>> compile?  Did you have to use --disable-spinlocks to get it to
>> compile? If it did compile, can you actually run it, and does it pass
>> the regression tests and work as expected?  Would you be willing to
>> work with the PostgreSQL to ensure continuing support for this
>> platform, or does that seem not worthwhile for whatever reason?
>
> I've compiled postgresql93-client and postgresql93-server from pkgsrc on
> a VAX running NetBSD 6.1.4. ...
> It does compile and initialize, so the VAX code does work. However,
> considering how much memory it uses, I wonder how many people would
> actually use it. I did run Apache / MySQL / PHP on a VAXstation 4000/60

I guess I shan't expect to run PgSQL on a MicroVAX II (9MB), NetBSD 
1.4.1. I did get Apache 1.3.x built on it.

> not long ago, but MySQL takes way too much memory, too. Don't even get
> me started on how memory PHP uses - someone has to write some good
> weblog software in C one of these days...

If only C and PHP weren't the only options!

--T

>
> John
>