Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-07-01 Thread Dave McGuire
but only one of them is capable of running NetBSD, and I only (currently) have a single processor in that machine. I can (and want to) fix that, but not right away. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hacke

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-07-01 Thread Dave McGuire
g git and Perl (ccache helps a lot too), > and enough cycles to build the code at least once a day or so. > Once you've got the thing set up it seldom needs human attention. > > If we had a buildfarm member to tell us when we break things, it > would be a lot easier to promise

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-07-01 Thread Dave McGuire
awesome that you worked on C.mmp. I saw that machine in person a few weeks ago. I'd love to discuss that with you a bit off-list if you can spare the time. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgres

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-07-01 Thread Dave McGuire
I could just as easily run it on real hardware...there are, at last count, close to forty real-iron VAXen here, but only a few of those are running 24/7. I'd happily bring up another one to do Postgres builds and testing, if someone will send me the bucks to pay for the additional power

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-07-01 Thread Dave McGuire
on multiprocessor BI-bus VAXen many, many years ago. Is that support broken? -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-06-30 Thread Dave McGuire
ed. (though I do have a pair of 11/785s here...wanna come hack? ;)) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-06-30 Thread Dave McGuire
a serious "warm fuzzy" to be able to support the project in some way. >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 >> New Kensington, PA > > Hey, right up the river from here! Come on up and hack! There's always something neat going on around here. Ever run a PDP-11? B-)

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-06-25 Thread Dave McGuire
uch as the 4000/60 or 4000/90, 90a or 96, which have either > 104 megs or 128 megs. My VAX-7000 has 1.5GB. B-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-06-24 Thread Dave McGuire
tform for Postgres :-(. I'm sad to hear it, but certainly have > not got the cycles personally to prevent it. Nonono...NetBSD/vax has had shared library support for many years. It's only OpenBSD that has that limitation. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Ken

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

2014-06-24 Thread Dave McGuire
re's a > simulator for it. ...not to mention actual hardware. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers