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MariaDB on AIX: am I the first to try to compile?

Since the current owner of mysql is no longer interested in creating/distributing for and IBM platforms - and, as a joomla user I am accustomed to using mysql as backend I am hoping to package and use mariadb on AIX.

So, anyone else who has any (successful) experience with compiling mariadb for/on AIX? If yes, what OS level did you use, and compiler?

I am trying with OS 5.3TL7 and AIX 6.1TL7. I will prefer to have it work on AIX 5.3 as that should support AIX 6.1 - but at this point I am just looking for a better starting point.

Thanks for reply/comments!

Answer Answered by Michael Widenius in this comment.

I did the original port of MySQL to AIX a LONG time ago. Over the years I have done some bug fixing on AIX, but not for the last 5 years.

I may however be able to provide some help for you.

Sorry, but I don't remember with OS I used the last time.

From my emails, I did find that MySQL did in 2001 work on AIX 4.3 with the latest gcc back then.

If you are trying to get MariaDB to work on AIX, just use the latest possible OS and the newest compiler you can access and I will try to help you to get that to work.

Just post your questions or failing compiler issues on maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net and we try to help get things to compile.

Please also include which compiler and other tools you are using!

Good luck.

Note: I contacted IBM a few years back to ask them if they would like us to support MariaDB on AIX, but we never got any response from them.

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