Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

On Jun 24, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "Sebastian Reitenbach" <sebastia(at)l00-bugdead-prods(dot)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.

NetBSD and OpenBSD are different systems. I don’t remember if NetBSD supports shared libraries on VAX, but that’s independent of the fact that OpenBSD doesn’t.

paul