Re: AIX 5.1 as target

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote in
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-01/msg00059.html>:
>> > FAIL: rm/unread3
>> > ================
>> > rm: unable to record current working directory: Too many open files
>> > rm: unable to record current working directory: Too many open files
>>
>> I might debug it if I had access to such a system.
>> On the other hand, I get the impression that there are so few AIX 5.x
>> systems around and in actual use that it's probably not worth it.
>> Besides, they're probably (due to lack of openat-etc. support) using
>> the save-cwd emulation layer, which few systems use these days.
>>
>> Given the fundamental failures reflected in this report,
>> what do you think about removing AIX 5.1 from gnulib's list of
>> reasonable portability targets?
>
> Our rule of thumb [1] is to provide gnulib support as long as vendor support
> exists.
>
> According to Wikipedia [2], the vendor support of AIX 5.1 ended in 2006,
> the one of AIX 5.2 in 2009, and AIX 5.3 is still vendor-supported.
>
> So I have no problem with dropping AIX 5.1 and 5.2 from the list of platforms
> I test on, and use AIX 5.3 instead. It has openat().

Good to hear.  Thanks.