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From: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Jakob Egger <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: John Naylor <[email protected]>
Cc: Tobias Bussmann <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Broken build on macOS (Universal / Intel): cpuid instruction not available
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 10:57:55 -0500
Message-ID: <afy2g9v19epGW8R_@nathan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 11:48:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> To make this actually work well, we'd have to do two sets of configure
> probes, one for each arch, and somehow apply the correct set of
> #defines depending on arch.  That's a lot of work that I personally
> have no interest in doing, seeing that the handwriting is on the wall
> for Apple's support of x86.
> 
> I wonder whether we shouldn't just disclaim support for multi-arch
> builds.  If it's easy to un-break, then sure we might as well restore
> the status quo ante, but I don't think it's worth putting a ton of
> work into.

+1.  I'm not mortally opposed to the idea if someone wants to do the work,
but at the moment I can't get excited about it.  Perhaps multi-arch builds
will become more common down the road, though.

-- 
nathan

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