New info on a few ports for v6.4.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ports.sgml
index 08c7e244740e7d1baa2b670fc6921fb8b42e15e4..4cd3afaf5eac13baf5ced507bb58f470e58665a4 100644 (file)
--- 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.