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Author Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 Beta 4
Christopher Kings-Lynne

2005-10-27, 8:13 am

Hi Tomas,

Have you considered joining the PostgreSQL Build Farm?

www.pgbuildfarm.org

Chris


Tomas wrote:
> Hello.
>
>
> I've joined this mailing list to report you the success I am having
> compiling postgresql-8.1 beta4 on DragonFly BSD, which is not supported.
>
> Because the distribution is not known to postgresql-8.1 beta4, I had to
> use ./configure --with-template=freebsd, since DragonFly is (for now)
> still very similar to FreeBSD (version 4 and 5). After that it could be
> compiled using gmake and installed according to the instructions in
> INSTALL file.
>
> Result:
>
> test=# select version();
>
> version
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PostgreSQL 8.1beta4 on i386-unknown-dragonfly1.3.7, compiled by GCC gcc
> (GCC) 3.4.5 20050809 (prerelease) [DragonFly] (propolice, visibility)
> (1 row)
>
> test=#
>
>
>
> It would be very nice if the pgsql-8.1 knows about DragonFly so users of
> it wouldn't have to go through trouble installing it.
>
> Maybe it is still time to add the distribution DragonFly to the
> supported-platforms list before we get to RC1. If I can help, please,
> tell me how.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tomas
>
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>
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