From 42dd24dab2f62e79fafd9ff3351e65c75fa83994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 03:17:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Refresh info for various platforms. Claim client-side support
for WIN32.
---
doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
index 2c3a3f9b668..05b718edb90 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<Title>Ports</Title>
<Para>
-This manual describes version 6.4 of <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>.
+This manual describes version 6.5 of <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>.
The <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> developer community has
compiled and tested <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> on a
number of platforms. Check
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>m88k</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.4 probably OK. Needs new maintainer. (<ULink url="mailto:geek+@cmu.edu">Brian E Gallew</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.4 probably OK. Needs new maintainer.
+ (<ULink url="mailto:geek+@cmu.edu">Brian E Gallew</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Digital Unix 4.0</ENTRY>
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-10-29</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Minor patchable problems
- (<ULink url="mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es">Pedro J. Lobo</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ (<ULink url="mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es">Pedro J. Lobo</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>HPUX</ENTRY>
@@ -72,16 +73,16 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-10-25</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Both 9.0x and 10.20
- (<ULink url="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">Tom Lane</ULink>,
- <ULink url="mailto:stanb@awod.com">Stan Brown</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ (<ULink url="mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">Tom Lane</ULink>,
+ <ULink url="mailto:stanb@awod.com">Stan Brown</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
- <ENTRY>IRIX 6.x</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>IRIX 6.5</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>MIPS</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>5.x is different
- (<ULink url="mailto:martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk">Andrew Martin</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>1998-12-29</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>IRIX 5.x is different
+ (<ULink url="mdalphin@amgen.com">Mark Dalphin</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>linux 2.0.x</ENTRY>
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>v6.3.2</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-04-16</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Mostly successful. Needs work for v6.4.
- (<ULink url="mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu">Ryan Kirkpatrick</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ (<ULink url="mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu">Ryan Kirkpatrick</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>linux 2.0.x/libc5</ENTRY>
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>MIPS</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-12-16</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>Cobalt Qube (<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Cobalt Qube
+ (<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>linux 2.0.x</ENTRY>
@@ -125,14 +127,16 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>PPC603e</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-10-26</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>Powerbook 2400c(<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Powerbook 2400c
+ (<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>mklinux DR3</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>PPC750</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-09-16</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>PowerMac 7600 (<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>PowerMac 7600
+ (<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>NetBSD/i386 1.3.2</ENTRY>
@@ -141,12 +145,22 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>1998-10-25</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>(<ULink url="mailto:brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu">Brook Milligan</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
+ <ROW>
+ <ENTRY>NetBSD</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>m68k</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.4.2</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>1998-12-28</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Mac SE/30
+ (Mr. Mutsuki Nakajima,
+ <ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ </ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>NetBSD-current</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>NS32532</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-10-27</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>small problems in date/time math (<ULink url="mailto:jonb@metronet.com">Jon Buller</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>small problems in date/time math
+ (<ULink url="mailto:jonb@metronet.com">Jon Buller</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>NetBSD/sparc 1.3H</ENTRY>
@@ -197,7 +211,7 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>Sparc</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>patches submitted
+ <ENTRY>Patches submitted
(<ULink url="mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp">Tatsuo Ishii</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
@@ -205,16 +219,16 @@ At the time of publication, the following platforms have been tested:
<ENTRY>MIPS</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-10-28</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>no 64-bit int support
+ <ENTRY>No 64-bit int compiler support
(<ULink url="mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de">Frank Ridderbusch</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
- <ENTRY>SVR4 4.4</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>m88k</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.2.1</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>confirmed with patching
- (<ULink url="mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com">Doug Winterburn</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Windows</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>x86</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.4</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>1999-01-06</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Client-side libraries or ODBC/JDBC. No server yet.
+ (<ulink url="mha@sollentuna.net">Magnus Hagander</ulink></ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Windows NT</ENTRY>
@@ -272,42 +286,36 @@ Others listed here do not provide sufficient library support for an attempt.
<ENTRY>all</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>not library compatible; use ODBC/JDBC</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Not library compatible; use ODBC/JDBC</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>NetBSD</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>arm32</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>not yet working (<ULink url="mailto:dmill@globalnet.co.uk">Dave Millen</ULink>)</ENTRY>
- </ROW>
- <ROW>
- <ENTRY>NetBSD</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>m68k</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>Amiga, HP300, Mac; not yet working (<ULink url="mailto:hotz@jpl.nasa.gov">Henry Hotz</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Not yet working (<ULink url="mailto:dmill@globalnet.co.uk">Dave Millen</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>NextStep</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>x86</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>v6.x</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>client-only support; v1.0.9 worked with patches (<ULink url="mailto:dave@turbocat.de">David Wetzel</ULink>)</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Client-only support; v1.0.9 worked with patches (<ULink url="mailto:dave@turbocat.de">David Wetzel</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
- <ENTRY>Ultrix</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>MIPS,VAX?</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.x</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>SVR4 4.4</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>m88k</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.2.1</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>no recent reports; obsolete?</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Confirmed with patching; v6.4.x will need TAS spinlock code
+ (<ULink url="mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com">Doug Winterburn</ULink>)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
- <ENTRY>Windows</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>x86</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>v6.3</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>Ultrix</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>MIPS,VAX?</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>v6.x</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>1998-03-01</ENTRY>
- <ENTRY>not library compatible; client side maybe; use ODBC/JDBC</ENTRY>
+ <ENTRY>No recent reports; obsolete?</ENTRY>
</ROW>
</TBODY>
</TGROUP>
@@ -321,3 +329,20 @@ using third-party Posix porting tools and libraries.
</Sect1>
</Chapter>
+
+<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
+Local variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-omittag:t
+sgml-shorttag:t
+sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
+sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
+sgml-indent-step:1
+sgml-indent-data:t
+sgml-parent-document:nil
+sgml-default-dtd-file:"./reference.ced"
+sgml-exposed-tags:nil
+sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
+sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
+End:
+-->
--
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