Re: Remove more leftovers of AIX support

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove more leftovers of AIX support
Date: 2026-01-20 14:57:26
Message-ID: 1534434.1768921046@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> writes:
> On 20/01/2026 08:08, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> The make variables MKLDEXPORT and POSTGRES_IMP were only used for AIX,
>> so they should have been removed with commit 0b16bb8776b.

> +1, thanks! Even if we resurrect AIX support later, it's better to
> remove these now, so that we have all the AIX-related changes in the
> same commit that re-introduces the support.

Agreed. Also, if this or similar code is still needed in AIX,
then presumably the meson infrastructure will need an equivalent.
It'll be confusing if the eventual re-introduction patch touches
only one of the two.

regards, tom lane

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