Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org,Yuriy Zhuravlev <stalkerg(at)gmail(dot)com>,Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms
Date: 2018-05-02 04:31:28
Message-ID: CADA1CB6-81BE-426E-A266-42C096C75F3E@anarazel.de
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On May 1, 2018 9:26:27 PM PDT, Yuriy Zhuravlev <stalkerg(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>After small check I found next:
>we need gcc 4.8 anyway for libjit and it means RHEL 7 and newer:
>https://access.redhat.com/solutions/19458
>because 4.8 needed to build LLVM.

We don't use libjit. As for the llvm stuff - that's an optional dependency. I.e. irrelevant as far as determining baseline requirements is concerned.

Andres
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