From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
cc: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>, Jakob Egger <jakob@eggerapps.at>,
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Subject: Re: Broken build on macOS (Universal / Intel): cpuid instruction not
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Comments: In-reply-to Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> On 7 May 2026, at 14:42, John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This results in an error:
>>> checksum.c:57:6: error: call to undeclared function 'x86_feature_avail=
able'

>> That's strange. I have an Intel MacBook laying around -- I'll see what =
I can do.

> I use an Intel MacBook Pro as my daily driver (currently running macOS 1=
4.7)
> and have not had any issues.

BF member longfin is an Intel Mac Mini and has not shown issues
(although I think it's one macOS rev behind).  I can believe that
universal builds are busted, because we don't test that.  But
claiming that a plain Intel build is broken is contrary to
available evidence.

			regards, tom lane