Re: AIX FAQ addition

[Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>]

Chris Browne wrote:
> We haven't seen any agreement emerge as to what is causing AIX 5.3 ML3
> to fail to successfully build the release candidates.
> 
> However, a patch has emerged (thanks, Seneca!) that does allow it to
> work, and which I'd expect to be portable (better still!).
> 
> We are still actively pursuing why it breaks, but supposing that still
> remains outstanding, at least the following would allow AIX users to
> better survive a build...

I can confirm that with that patch applied 8.1RC1 builds and passes a
complete run of the buildfarm-script(including plpython and with a
simple makefile-fix plperl) compiled with gcc 4.0.2 and xlc.

So I think we should definitly add this to the FAQ at least.



Stefan