Doc: update our claims about the minimum recommended AIX version.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit 08e2daf06c71 · 2021-10-07T15:36:57.000-04:00
We currently have buildfarm members testing back to AIX 7.1, but not before, and older AIX versions are long out of support from IBM. So say that 7.1 is the oldest supported version. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/87y278s6iq.fsf@wibble.ilmari.org
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -2174,9 +2174,15 @@ export MANPATH
    </indexterm>
 
    <para>
-    PostgreSQL works on AIX, but AIX versions before about 6.1 have
-    various issues and are not recommended.
-    You can use GCC or the native IBM compiler <command>xlc</command>.
+    You can use GCC or the native IBM compiler <command>xlc</command>
+    to build <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
+    on <productname>AIX</productname>.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    <productname>AIX</productname> versions before 7.1 are no longer
+    tested nor supported by the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
+    community.
    </para>
 
    <sect3>
