Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(at)neurotica(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: port-vax(at)netbsd(dot)org, vax(at)openbsd(dot)org, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD
Date: 2014-06-23 23:08:36
Message-ID: 53A8B374.4070101@neurotica.com
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On 06/23/2014 06:58 PM, Greg Stark wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> However, we don't know of anyone who has tried to do this in a very
>> long time, and are therefore considering removing the remaining
>> support for the VAX platform. Has anyone tried to build PostgreSQL
>> for VAX lately?
>
> Actually I tried a while ago but got stuck configuring the network on
> simh so I could get all the tools. I can try again if there's interest
> but we don't necessarily need to keep a port just because there's a
> simulator for it.

...not to mention actual hardware.

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA

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