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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_HPUX b/doc/FAQ_HPUX index 503744ff090..d04aa92d0e8 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_HPUX +++ b/doc/FAQ_HPUX @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.3 HP-UX Specific TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ ======================================================= -last updated: $Date: 2002/11/11 20:04:05 $ +last updated: $Date: 2004/09/02 17:46:24 $ current maintainer: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) original author: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) @@ -33,16 +33,27 @@ you will also need flex (GNU lex) and bison (GNU yacc). I'd also recommend making sure you are fairly up-to-date on HP patches. At a minimum, if you are building 64 bit binaries on on HPUX -11.11 you may need PHSS_26263 (11.11) or a successor patch otherwise +11.11 you may need PHSS_30966 (11.11) or a successor patch otherwise initdb may hang: - PHSS_26263 s700_800 11.11 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch + PHSS_30966 s700_800 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch On general principles you should be current on libc and ld/dld patches, as well as compiler patches if you are using HP's C compiler. See HP's support sites such as http://itrc.hp.com and ftp://us-ffs.external.hp.com/ for free copies of their latest patches. +If you are building on a PA-RISC 2.0 machine and want to have 64-bit +binaries using GCC, you must use GCC 64-bit version. GCC binaries for +HP-UX PA-RISC and Itanium are available from http://www.hp.com/go/gcc. +Don't forget to get and install binutils at the same time. + +If you are building on a HP-UX Itanium machine, you will need the +latest HP ANSI C compiler with its dependent patch or successor +patches: + + PHSS_30848 s700_800 HP C Compiler (A.05.57) + PHSS_30849 s700_800 u2comp/be/plugin library Patch 1.2) Anything special about the build/install procedure? @@ -75,10 +86,15 @@ on which compiler and math library versions you use. Any other error is cause for suspicion. The parallel regression test script (gmake check) is known to lock up -when run under HP's Bourne shells: /usr/bin/sh and /sbin/sh. This is a -known defect JAGad84609, the fix for which is not yet in any released -HP-UX version or shell patches. To work around it, use ksh to run the -regression script: +on PA-RISC when run under HP's Bourne shells: /usr/bin/sh and +/sbin/sh. To fix this problem, you will need PHCO_30269 with its +dependent patch or successor patches: + + PHCO_30269 s700_800 cumulative sh-posix(1) patch + PHCO_29816 s700_800 rc(1M) scripts cumulative patch + +To work around this problem, use ksh to run the regression script: + gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check If you see that the tests have stopped making progress and only a shell |