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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_AIX b/doc/FAQ_AIX index db3776acad4..57fd24fd42e 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_AIX +++ b/doc/FAQ_AIX @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ From: Zeugswetter Andreas <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at> -$Date: 2006/03/01 22:25:36 $ +$Date: 2006/04/05 22:56:11 $ On AIX 4.3.2 PostgreSQL compiled with the native IBM compiler xlc (vac.C 5.0.1) passes all regression tests. Other versions of OS and @@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ for details about the problem. Working around the problem: --------------------------- -1) Use the new 8.2devel backend Makefile: +Try one of the following: + +o Use the new 8.2devel backend Makefile: + After the matter of readline's export list and the problems that were occurring on AIX because of it being linked to the backend, a filter to exclude unneeded libraries from being linked against the backend was added. Get revision 1.112 of src/backend/Makefile from CVS and replace the copy that came with postgres with it. Build normally. -2) Use libedit: +o Use libedit + There are a few libedit ports available online. Build and install the desired port. If libreadline.a can be found in /lib, /usr/lib, or in any location passed to postgres' configure via "--with-libraries=", @@ -154,14 +158,16 @@ If the version of libedit used calls its "history.h" something other than history.h, place a symlink called history.h to it somewhere that the C preprocessor will check. -3) Configure with "--without-readline": +o Configure with "--without-readline" + postgres can be configured with the option "--without-readline". When this is enabled, postgres will not link against libreadline or libedit. psql will not have history, tab completion, or any of the other niceties that readline and libedit bring, but external readline wrappers exist that add that functionality. -4) Use readline 5.0: +o Use readline 5.0 + Readline 5.0 does not induce the problems, however it does export memcpy and strncpy when built using the easy method of "-bexpall". Like 4.3, it is possible to do a build that does not export these symbols, |