Re: AIX support

Hi,

On December 30, 2024 10:29:53 AM GMT+01:00, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>On 25.12.24 11:22, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Thanks for the links. It's disappointing there isn't a standard way to do this. It's nice to see the comments in
cpython'smakeexp_aix script explaining the "hidden tricks". I'd love to see similar comments in mkldexport.sh
explainingwhat it does. And also why the script is needed on AIX in the first place. 
>>
>> I wonder if meson's AIX support would have something built-in to do this?
>
>Meson appears to have AIX support, so it's worth trying out.  If it's working, then it would also be worth considering
ameson-only AIX port, which might be much simpler.  Conversely, if it doesn't work at all, it would need to be fixed.
Idon't think we'd want to accept a new port that doesn't work with meson. 

Before the removal PG passed tests on AIX, when built with meson. IIRC it shared the annoying symbol handling script
withautoconf though.  

Andres
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