diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
index 08c7e24474..4cd3afaf5e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
Currently Supported Platforms
- Postgres is available free of charge. This manual
- describes version 6.4 of Postgres. The authors have
- compiled and tested Postgres on the following
- platforms:
+This manual describes version 6.4 of Postgres.
+The Postgres developer community has
+compiled and tested Postgres on the following
+platforms:
Supported Platforms
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
v6.3
1998-03-01
4.1.4.0,4.2 (Darren King),
-4.1.5 (Andreas Zeugswetter);
-3.2.5 confirmed on v6.2.1 (Frank Dana)
+ 4.1.5 (Andreas Zeugswetter);
+ 3.2.5 confirmed on v6.2.1 (Frank Dana)
- BSDi
+ BSDI
x86
- v6.3
- 1998-03-01
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
(Bruce Momjian
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
v6.3
1998-03-01
(Tatsuo Ishii,
-Marc Fournier)
+ Marc Fournier)
- NetBSD 1.3
+ NetBSD 1.3.2
x86
- v6.3
- 1998-03-01
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
(Brook Milligan)
@@ -83,33 +83,38 @@
(Brian E Gallew)
- HPUX 10.20
+ HPUX
PA-RISC
- v6.3
- 1998-03-01
- 9.0.x confirmed on v6.2.1 (Stan Brown)
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
+ Both 9.0.x and 10.20
+ (Tom Lane,
+ Stan Brown)
IRIX 6.x
MIPS
v6.3
1998-03-01
- 5.x is different (Andrew Martin)
+ 5.x is different
+ (Andrew Martin)
Digital 4.0
Alpha
v6.3.2
1998-04-16
- reported working for DUnix/v3.2g (Pedro J. Lobo)
+ reported working for DUnix/v3.2g
+ (Pedro J. Lobo)
linux 2.0.x
Alpha
v6.3.2
1998-04-16
- mostly successful (Ryan Kirkpatrick,
- Jeff Sturm )
+ mostly successful
+ (Ryan Kirkpatrick,
+ Jeff Sturm )
linux 2.0.x
@@ -117,13 +122,21 @@
v6.4
1998-10-09
(Thomas Lockhart,
-Tatsuo Ishii)
+ Tatsuo Ishii)
+
+
+ linux 2.0.x/glibc2
+ x86
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
+ (Oliver Elphick,
+ Taral)
linux 2.0.x
Sparc
- v6.3
- 1998-03-01
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
(Tom Szybist)
@@ -138,7 +151,8 @@
x86
v6.3
1998-03-01
- partial success (Billy G. Allie)
+ partial success
+ (Billy G. Allie)
Solaris
@@ -149,54 +163,67 @@
Solaris 2.5.1-2.6
- x86
- v6.3
- 1998-03-01
- (Marc Fournier,
-Tatsuo Ishii)
+ Sparc
+ v6.4
+ 1998-10-25
+ (Tom Szybist)
SunOS 4.1.4
Sparc
v6.3
1998-03-01
- patches submitted (Tatsuo Ishii)
+ patches submitted
+ (Tatsuo Ishii)
SVR4
MIPS
v6.4
1998-10-08
- no 64-bit int support (Frank Ridderbusch)
+ no 64-bit int support
+ (Frank Ridderbusch)
SVR4 4.4
m88k
v6.2.1
1998-03-01
- confirmed with patching (Doug Winterburn)
+ confirmed with patching
+ (Doug Winterburn)
Unixware
x86
v6.4
1998-10-04
- aka UNIVEL (Billy G. Allie)
+ aka UNIVEL
+ (Billy G. Allie)
Windows NT
x86
v6.4
1998-10-08
- Mostly working with the Cygwin library. No DLLs yet. Horak Daniel
+ Mostly working with the Cygwin library. No DLLs yet.
+ (Horak Daniel)
+
+Platforms listed for v6.3.x should also work with v6.4, but we did not receive
+confirmation of such at the time this list was compiled.
+
-For Windows NT, look for patches on the
+For Windows NT,
+the server-side port of Postgres has recently been
+accomplished. Check
+the Askesis Postgres Home Page
+for up to date information. You may also want to
+look for possible patches on the
Postgres web site.