On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 10:08:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <hlinn...@iki.fi> writes:
>> We don't seem to have any mentions of POSIX or SuS in docs, in the 
>> installation sections. There are a few mentions of POSIX-1.2008 and 
>> POSIX-1.2001 it in the commit log, though, where we require features 
>> specified by those. Can we rely on everything from POSIX-1-2008 
>> nowadays, or is it more on a case-by-case basis, depending on which 
>> parts of POSIX are supported by various platforms?
> 
> I'd say it's still case-by-case.  Perhaps everything in POSIX-1.2008
> is supported now on every platform we care about, but perhaps not.

Just pointing at the message where this has been discussed previously,
for reference:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1457809.1662232...@sss.pgh.pa.us

Leaving Solaris aside because there is nothing older than 11 in the
buildfarm currently, I am dubious that it is a good idea to remove
this code knowing that we have a thread from a few months ago about
the fact that we have folks complaining about AIX support and that we
should bring it back:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/cy5pr11mb63928cc05906f27fb10d74d0fd...@cy5pr11mb6392.namprd11.prod.outlook.com
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Michael

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