From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 19:36:57 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Doc: update our claims about the minimum recommended AIX version.
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Doc: update our claims about the minimum recommended AIX version.

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
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 1ebe8482bfc..d38f9bc9160 100644
--- 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>