PostgreSQL has been tested on the following platforms:

aix IBM on AIX 3.2.5 or 4.x

alpha DEC Alpha AXP onOSF/12.0

alpha DEC Alpha AXP onDigital Unix2.0 & 3.2

BSD44_derived OSs derived from 4.4-lite BSD (NetBSD, FreeBSD)

bsdi BSD/OS 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 3.0

dgux DG/UX 5.4R3.10

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL

Last updated:Sun Jul13 15:26:53 EDT 1997

Last updated:Mon Jul14 12:27:39 EDT 1997

Version: 6.1.1

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us)

postgreSQL Web site, http://postgreSQL.org.

Linux-specific questions are answered in

http://postgreSQL.org/docs/FAQ-Linux.phtml.

http://postgreSQL.org/docs/FAQ-linux.shtml.

Irix-specific questions are answered in

http://postgreSQL.org/docs/FAQ-Irix.phtml.

http://postgreSQL.org/docs/FAQ-irix.shtml.

Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new):

* 3.42) What is Genetic Query Optimization?

The authors have compiled and tested PostgreSQL on the following

platforms(some of these compiles require gcc 2.7.0):

* aix - IBM on AIX 3.2.5 or 4.x

* alpha - DEC Alpha AXP onOSF/12.0

* alpha - DEC Alpha AXP onDigital Unix2.0 and 3.2

* BSD44_derived - OSs derived from 4.4-lite BSD (NetBSD, FreeBSD)

* bsdi - BSD/OS 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 3.0

* dgux - DG/UX 5.4R3.10

#

#

# IDENTIFICATION

# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.24 1997/05/08 02:29:55 momjian Exp $

# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.25 1997/07/14 16:36:36 momjian Exp $

#

# NOTES

# Essentially all Postgres make files include this file and use the

# Following are settings pertaining to the postgres build and

# installation. The most important one is obviously the name

# of the port.

# The name of the port. Valid choices are:

# aix IBM on AIX 3.2.5

# alpha DEC Alpha AXP on OSF/1 2.0

# BSD44_derived OSs derived from 4.4-lite BSD (NetBSD, FreeBSD)

# bsdi BSD/OS 2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 3.0

# dgux DG/UX 5.4R3.10

# hpux HP PA-RISC on HP-UX 9.0

# i386_solaris i386 Solaris

# irix5 SGI MIPS on IRIX 5.3 or better

# linux Intel x86 on Linux 1.2 and Linux ELF

# (For non-ELF Linux, see LINUX_ELF below).

# sparc_solaris SUN SPARC on Solaris 2.4

# sunos4 SUN SPARC on SunOS 4.1.3

# svr4 Intel x86 on Intel SVR4

# ultrix4 DEC MIPS on Ultrix 4.4

# univel Unixware 2.0x x86

#

# PostgresSQL has known problems/bugs on the following platforms:

#

# nextstep Motorola MC68K or Intel x86 on NeXTSTEP 3.2 or greater

#

# Note that portname is defined here to be UNDEFINED to remind you

# to change it in Makefile.custom.

#

# make sure that you have no whitespaces after the PORTNAME setting

# or the makefiles can get confused

#

# Note that portname is defined here to be UNDEFINED to remind you

# to change it in Makefile.custom.

#

# make sure that you have no whitespaces after the PORTNAME setting

# or the makefiles can get confused

PORTNAME= @PORTNAME@

# Ignore LINUX_ELF if you're not using Linux. But if you are, and you're