Index: installation.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.299 diff -c -u -r1.299 installation.sgml --- installation.sgml 24 Jan 2008 06:23:32 -0000 1.299 +++ installation.sgml 31 Jan 2008 16:40:26 -0000 @@ -1808,500 +1808,98 @@ Supported Platforms - PostgreSQL has been verified by the developer - community to work on the platforms listed below. A supported - platform generally means that PostgreSQL builds and - installs according to these instructions and that the regression - tests pass. Build farm entries refer to active test - machines in the - PostgreSQL Build Farm. - Platform entries that show an older version of - PostgreSQL are those that did not receive explicit testing at the - time of release of version &majorversion; but that we still - expect to work. - - - - - If you are having problems with the installation on a supported - platform, please write to pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org - or pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org, not to the people - listed here. - - - - - - - OS - Processor - Version - Reported - Remarks - - - - - AIX - PowerPC - 8.2.0 - Build farm - grebe (5.3, gcc 4.0.1); - kookaburra (5.2, cc 6.0); - asp (5.2, gcc 3.3.2) - see doc/FAQ_AIX, - particularly if using AIX 5.3 ML3 - - - AIX - RS6000 - 8.0.0 - Hans-Jürgen Schönig (hs(at)cybertec(dot)at), 2004-12-06 - see doc/FAQ_AIX - - - BSD/OS - x86 - 8.2.0 - Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us), 2007-01-25 - 4.3.1 - - - Debian GNU/Linux - Alpha - 8.2.0 - Build farm hare (3.1, gcc 3.3.4) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - AMD64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - shad (4.0, gcc 4.1.2); - kite (3.1, gcc 4.0); - panda (sid, gcc 3.3.5) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - ARM - 8.2.0 - Build farm penguin (3.1, gcc 3.3.4) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - Athlon XP - 8.2.0 - Build farm rook (3.1, gcc 3.3.5) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - IA64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm dugong (unstable, icc 9.1.045) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - m68k - 8.0.0 - Noèl Köthe (noel(at)debian(dot)org), 2004-12-09 - sid - - - Debian GNU/Linux - MIPS - 8.2.0 - Build farm - otter (3.1, gcc 3.3.4) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - MIPSEL - 8.2.0 - Build farm - lionfish (3.1, gcc 3.3.4); - corgi (3.1, gcc 3.3.4) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - PA-RISC - 8.2.0 - Build farm - manatee (3.1, gcc 4.0.1); - kingfisher (3.1, gcc 3.3.5) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - PowerPC - 8.0.0 - Noèl Köthe (noel(at)debian(dot)org), 2004-12-15 - sid - - - Debian GNU/Linux - Sparc - 8.1.0 - Build farm dormouse - (3.1, gcc 3.2.5; 64-bit) - - - - Debian GNU/Linux - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm wildebeest (3.1, gcc 3.3.5) - - - Fedora Linux - AMD64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - impala (FC6, gcc 4.1.1); - bustard (FC5, gcc 4.1.0); - wasp (FC5, gcc 4.1.0); - viper (FC3, gcc 3.4.4) - - - - Fedora Linux - PowerPC - 8.2.0 - Build farm - sponge (FC5, gcc 4.1.0) - - - - Fedora Linux - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - agouti (FC5, gcc 4.1.1); - thrush (FC1, gcc 3.3.2) - - - - FreeBSD - AMD64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - platypus (6, gcc 3.4.4); - dove (6.1, gcc 3.4.4); - ermine (6.1, gcc 3.4.4) - - - - FreeBSD - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - minnow (6.1, gcc 3.4.4); - echidna (6, gcc 3.4.2); - herring (6, Intel cc 7.1) - - - - Gentoo Linux - AMD64 - 8.1.0 - Build farm caribou (2.6.9, gcc 3.3.5) - - - - Gentoo Linux - IA64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm stoat (2.6, gcc 3.3) - - - - Gentoo Linux - PowerPC 64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm cobra (1.4.16, gcc 3.4.3) - - - - Gentoo Linux - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm mongoose (1.6.14, icc 9.0.032) - - - - HP-UX - IA64 - 8.2.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2006-10-23 - 11.23, gcc and cc; see doc/FAQ_HPUX - - - HP-UX - PA-RISC - 8.2.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2006-10-23 - 10.20 and 11.23, gcc and cc; see doc/FAQ_HPUX - - - IRIX - MIPS - 8.1.0 - Kenneth Marshall (ktm(at)is(dot)rice(dot)edu), 2005-11-04 - 6.5, cc only - - - Kubuntu Linux - AMD64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm rosella (5.10 Breezy, gcc 4.0) - - - - Mac OS X - PowerPC - 8.2.0 - Build farm - tuna (10.4.2, gcc 4.0) - - - - Mac OS X - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - jackal (10.4.8, gcc 4.0.1) - - - - Mandriva Linux - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm gopher (Mandriva 2006, gcc 4.0.1) - - - - NetBSD - m68k - 8.2.0 - Build farm osprey (2.0, gcc 3.3.3) - - - - NetBSD - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - gazelle (3.0, gcc 3.3.3); - canary (1.6, gcc 2.95.3) - - - OpenBSD - AMD64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - zebra (4.0, gcc 3.3.5) - - - OpenBSD - Sparc - 8.0.0 - Chris Mair (list(at)1006(dot)org), 2005-01-10 - 3.3 - - - OpenBSD - Sparc64 - 8.2.0 - Build farm spoonbill (3.9, gcc 3.3.5) - - - OpenBSD - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - emu (4.0, gcc 3.3.5); - guppy (3.8, gcc 3.3.5) - minor ecpg test failure on 3.8 - - - Red Hat Linux - AMD64 - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - IA64 - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - PowerPC - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - PowerPC 64 - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - S/390 - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - S/390x - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Red Hat Linux - x86 - 8.1.0 - Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us), 2005-10-23 - RHEL 4 - - - Slackware Linux - x86 - 8.1.0 - Sergey Koposov (math(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)ru), 2005-10-24 - 10.0 - - - Solaris - Sparc - 8.2.0 - Build farm - hyena (Solaris 10, gcc 3.4.3) - see doc/FAQ_Solaris - - - Solaris - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - dragonfly (Solaris 9, gcc 3.2.3); - kudu (Solaris 9, cc 5.3) - see doc/FAQ_Solaris - - - SUSE Linux - AMD64 - 8.1.0 - Josh Berkus (josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com), 2005-10-23 - SLES 9.3 - - - SUSE Linux - IA64 - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - SLES 9 - - - SUSE Linux - PowerPC - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - SLES 9 - - - SUSE Linux - PowerPC 64 - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - SLES 9 - - - SUSE Linux - S/390 - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - SLES 9 - - - SUSE Linux - S/390x - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - SLES 9 - - - SUSE Linux - x86 - 8.0.0 - Reinhard Max (max(at)suse(dot)de), 2005-01-03 - 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, SLES 9 - - - Tru64 UNIX - Alpha - 8.1.0 - Honda Shigehiro (fwif0083(at)mb(dot)infoweb(dot)ne(dot)jp), 2005-11-01 - 5.0, cc 6.1-011 - - - Ubuntu Linux - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm caracara (6.06, gcc 4.0.3) - - - UnixWare - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm warthog - (7.1.4, cc 4.2) - see doc/FAQ_SCO - - - Windows - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm - yak (XP SP2, gcc 3.4.2); - bandicoot (Windows 2000 Pro, gcc 3.4.2); - snake (Windows Server 2003 SP1, gcc 3.4.2); - trout (Windows Server 2000 SP4, gcc 3.4.2) - see doc/FAQ_MINGW - - - Windows with Cygwin - x86 - 8.2.0 - Build farm eel - (W2K Server SP4, gcc 3.4.4) - see doc/FAQ_CYGWIN - - - Yellow Dog Linux - PowerPC - 8.1.0 - Build farm carp (4.0, gcc 3.3.3) - - - - - + PostgreSQL has been verified by the developer + community to work on the platforms listed below, based on the + presence of a preponderance of recent successful builds of the HEAD + branch during development of version 8.3 by active test machines in + the PostgreSQL Build + Farm. Successful buildfarm reports indicate that: + + + PostgreSQL along with contrib modules were successfully built and installed. + Regression tests that are part of the PostgreSQL build ran successfully. + Regression tests that are part of the PostgreSQL contrib ran successfully. + + + + + + +OS, Compiler, Processor +Build farm node + + + + +AIX 5.3 GCC 4.0.1 PPC grebe +CentOS 5 gcc 4.1.1 Athlon MP centaur +CentOS 5 gcc 4.1.1 Athlon XP 1900 jaguar +CentOS Linux 4.4 gcc 3.4.6 i386 cardinal +Cygwin/XP-Pro 1.5.24 gcc 3.4.4 i386 brown_bat +Debian 3.1 gcc 4.0 x86-64 kite +Debian 4.0 gcc 4.1.2 armv5tel quagga +Debian Etch 4 gcc 4.1.2 alpha archeopteryx +Debian Etch icc 10.0.026 ia64 dugong +Debian debian 4.0 gcc gcc 4.1.2 Pentium III wildebeest +Debian/Linux 4.0 (Etch) GCC 4.1.2 (Debian 4.1.1-21) i686 auk +Debian/VMWare 4.0 (Etch) gcc 4.1.2-pre x86 raiju +Fedora 7 gcc 4.1.2 i686 bobcat +Fedora Core 3 gcc 3.4.4 x86_64 viper +Fedora Core 6 GCC 4.1.2 x86_64 beaver +Fedora Core 6 gcc 4.1.1 x86_64 dungbeetle +FreeBSD 6.0 gcc 3.4.4 amd64 tapir +FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #5 gcc 3.4.4 amd64 platypus +FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE gcc 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] emt64 (amd64) ermine +Gentoo 1.12.9 gcc 4.1.1 ppc64 PPC970MP wombat +Gentoo 1.6.14 icc 9.0.032 i686 mongoose +Gentoo 2007.0 gcc 4.2.2 AMD64 chinchilla +Kubuntu "Breezy" 5.10 gcc 4.0 AMD64 rosella +Mac OS X 10.4.8 gcc 4.0.1 Intel jackal +Mac OS X 10.4.8 gcc gcc 4.0.0 20041026 PowerPC G4 cuckoo +NetBSD 1.6 gcc 2.95.3 x86 canary +NetBSD 2.0 gcc 3.3.3 m68k osprey +NetBSD 3.1 gcc 3.3.3 x86 salamander +OS X 10.4.8 gcc gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363) Intel aubrac +OpenBSD 3.9 gcc 3.3.5 Sparc64 spoonbill +OpenBSD 4.0 gcc 3.3.5 AMD64 zebra +Solaris 10 SUN Studio 11 sparc winter_moth +Solaris 10 SUN Studio 11 x86_64 ghost_moth +Solaris 10 gcc 3.4.2 x86_64 emperor_moth +Solaris 11 SUN Studio 11 sparc dot_moth +Solaris 11 SUN Studio 11 x86_64 codlin_moth +Solaris 11 gcc 3.4.3 x86_64 luna_moth +Solaris 8 SUN Studio 8 sparc gypsy_moth +Solaris 9 SUN Studio 11 sparc turnip_moth +Solaris 9 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 x86 kudu +Solaris 9 gcc 3.2.3 x86 dragonfly +SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 gcc 4.1.1 x86_64 boodie +Tru64 5.0 cc V6.1-011 alpha bear +Ubuntu 6.06 GCC 4.0.3 IA-32 caracara +Ubuntu 7.10 gcc 4.1.3 x86_64 +Ubuntu Ubuntu 7.10 gcc gcc 4.1.3 i686 cougar +UnixWare 7.1.4 cc 4.2 isa warthog +Vista Ultimate 6.0.6000 MSVC 2005 Pro 8.0.50727.867 x86 baiji +Windows Server 2003 R2 5.2.3790 GCC 3.4.2 (mingw-special) i686 narwhal +Windows Server 2003 R2 5.2.3790 MSVC 2005 Express 8.0.50727.42 x86 mastodon +Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0.6000 GCC 3.4.2 (mingw-special) i686 vaquita +Windows XP SP2 Visual C++ 14.00.50727.762 x64 skylark +Windows XP SP2 gcc 3.4.2 x86 yak +Windows XP-PRO SP2 MSVC++ 2005 Express i686 red_bat +Windows XP-Pro SP2 gcc 3.4.2 i386 dawn_bat + + + + + + In past versions, there used to be a process where build +results would be reported in by individual users to construct this +list of supported versions. We are now harnessing the popular +Build Farm as a reporting mechanism. If your preferred +platform is not included in the build farm, that does not imply that +PostgreSQL will not work there, but rather that that +no one has volunteered to operate a node for that +platform. Unsupported Platforms: @@ -2405,6 +2003,15 @@ + + + If you are having problems with the installation on a supported + platform, please write to pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org + or pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org, not to the people + listed here. + + +