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Re: Broken build on macOS (Universal / Intel): cpuid instruction not available

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tobias Bussmann <t.bussmann@gmx.net>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>, Jakob Egger <jakob@eggerapps.at>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, john.naylor@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-05-07T15:19:03Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Tobias Bussmann <t.bussmann@gmx.net> writes:
> I've already noticed that there isn't much variety in the buildfarm animals
> available for Darwin. Given the availability of a fairly beefy macOS VM server
> here, I've considered hosting some VMs to provide coverage of things like
> universal builds and cross-compilation using different versions of the Apple
> toolkits for the build farm. This issue provides the motivation to take it further.

+1.  If you're relying on such edge cases working, hosting a buildfarm
animal is by far the best way to ensure they keep working.

			regards, tom lane