Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

<div dir="ltr">Well the latest NetBSD/vax package build doesn't seem to include any PostgreSQL packages <a
href="http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/vax/6.0_2014Q1/">http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/vax/6.0_2014Q1/</a>
butI don't know why.<br /><br />I'll try a quick (hah :) build this end to see what happens<br /><br />David<br /><br
/></div><divclass="gmail_extra"><br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 June 2014 02:12, Robert Haas <span
dir="ltr"><<ahref="mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com" target="_blank">robertmhaas@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br
/><blockquoteclass="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div
class="HOEnZb"><divclass="h5">On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Greg Stark <<a
href="mailto:stark@mit.edu">stark@mit.edu</a>>wrote:<br /> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Robert Haas <<a
href="mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com">robertmhaas@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br /> >> However, we don't know of anyone
whohas tried to do this in a very<br /> >> long time, and are therefore considering removing the remaining<br />
>>support for the VAX platform.  Has anyone tried to build PostgreSQL<br /> >> for VAX lately?<br />
><br/> > Actually I tried a while ago but got stuck configuring the network on<br /> > simh so I could get all
thetools. I can try again if there's interest<br /> > but we don't necessarily need to keep a port just because
there'sa<br /> > simulator for it.<br /><br /></div></div>That's really up to you.  I'm not particularly interested
in<br/> generating interest in maintaining this port if there wouldn't<br /> otherwise be any; I'm trying to figure out
whetherthere is existing<br /> interest in it.  For all I know, <whatever>BSD is shipping PostgreSQL<br />
binariesfor VAX and every other platform they support in each new<br /> release and people are using them to get real
workdone.  Then again,<br /> for all I know, it doesn't even compile on that platform, and if you<br /> did manage to
getit to compile it wouldn't fit on the disk, and if<br /> you managed to fit it on the disk it wouldn't work because
keysystem<br /> calls aren't supported.  If someone is still interested in this, I'm<br /> hoping they'll help us
figureout whether it's anywhere close to<br /> working, and maybe even contribute a buildfarm critter.  If no one<br />
cares,then let's just rip it out and be done with it.<br /><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br /> --<br /> Robert
Haas<br/> EnterpriseDB: <a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com" target="_blank">http://www.enterprisedb.com</a><br /> The
EnterprisePostgreSQL Company<br /></div></div></blockquote></div><br /></div>