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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2021-10-07 15:36:57 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2021-10-07 15:36:57 -0400
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Doc: update our claims about the minimum recommended AIX version.
We currently have buildfarm members testing back to AIX 7.1, but not before, and older AIX versions are long out of support from IBM. So say that 7.1 is the oldest supported version. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87y278s6iq.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org
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@@ -2174,9 +2174,15 @@ export MANPATH
</indexterm>
<para>
- PostgreSQL works on AIX, but AIX versions before about 6.1 have
- various issues and are not recommended.
- You can use GCC or the native IBM compiler <command>xlc</command>.
+ You can use GCC or the native IBM compiler <command>xlc</command>
+ to build <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
+ on <productname>AIX</productname>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <productname>AIX</productname> versions before 7.1 are no longer
+ tested nor supported by the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
+ community.
</para>
<sect3>