Re: ppc64le support in 9.3 branch?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, mark(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com
Subject: Re: ppc64le support in 9.3 branch?
Date: 2018-05-22 15:56:52
Message-ID: 7998.1527004612@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> writes:
> Re: Tom Lane 2018-03-23 <1219(dot)1521831286(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>> The compromise I'm inclined to offer is to see what happens if we
>> back-patch 9.4's config.guess and config.sub. If that makes these
>> animals go green, and doesn't break any others, we'll call it good.
>> Otherwise, we revert that change and say we're not putting any
>> additional effort into it.

> Fwiw, apt.postgresql.org has been building+regression testing 9.3 on
> ppc64el on various Debian+Ubuntu releases for more than a year now.
> The only requirement is updating config.guess/sub.

FWIW, I'm still in favor of that back-patch. But I was outvoted
before, and I dunno if this new info will change anyone's mind.

regards, tom lane

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