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-<PRE>
-======================================================
-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL >=V6.1
-IRIX Specific
-TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
-======================================================
-last updated: Mon Mar 05 17:00:00 GMT 1998
-
-current maintainer: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
-original author: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
-
-
-Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new, - = removed):
-*1.5) Can I install PostgreSQL (<V6.3) under Irix 6.x?
-+1.10) How do I install PostgreSQL V6.3 under Irix 6.x?
-
-This file is divided approximately as follows:
-1.*) Installing PostgreSQL
-2.*) Uninstalling PostgreSQL
-3.*) Extending PostgreSQL
-
-
-Questions answered:
-1.1) What extra items do I need to install PostgreSQL under Irix?
-1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global?
-1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in
- src/Makefile.global?
-1.4) Are there any other changes I should make?
-1.5) Can I install PostgreSQL (<V6.3) under Irix 6.x?
-1.6) The make fails with the following message:
- ld32: ERROR 4: Conflicting flag setting: -call_shared
-1.7) Why won't it link? (Problems with lorder)
-1.8) I have major problems with IRIX 6!
-1.9) Why does lex fail with PostgreSQL 6.2.1?
-1.10) How do I install PostgreSQL V6.3 under Irix 6.x?
-2.1) Why can't I move the executable files?
-3.1) How do I compile a C program to create a function for extending
- PostgreSQL
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Section 1: Installing PostgreSQL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-1.1) What extra items do I need to install PostgreSQL under Irix?
-
- You *must* have the following installed:
- a) Gnu make (installed as gmake)
-
- You are recommended to install the following:
- a) GNU install (installed as ginstall)
- (This is part of the GNU fileutils package)
-
- You may choose to install the following:
- a) GNU readline library (if you wish psql to have readline
- support).
- b) tcl/tk (if you wish to compile pgtclsh)
-
-1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
- src/Makefile.custom?
-
- The easiest way to do this is to use the customize script in
- the src directory.
-
- You *must* set the following variables:
- PORTNAME= irix5
-
- You will also need to change the following to match your own
- installation:
- POSTGRESDIR
-
- If you switch on the USE_TCL option, you will need to set these:
- TCL_INCDIR=
- TCL_LIBDIR=
- TCL_LIB =
- TK_INCDIR=
- TK_LIBDIR=
- TK_LIB =
-
- You may also make any other changes you need as documented in
- the INSTALL file and in Makefile.global
-
-1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in
- src/Makefile.global?
-
- This was a problem in 1.08 (they are Sun Solaris specific).
- It is fixed in 1.09 and above.
-
-1.4) Are there any other changes I should make?
-
- If you have installed the GNU install program (ginstall), you
- should add the following line to src/Makefile.custom:
- CUSTOM_INSTALL=ginstall
-
- For an explanation as to why this is a good idea, see Question 2.1
- Ginstall is part of the GNU fileutils package.
-
-
-1.5) Can I install PostgreSQL (<V6.3) under Irix 6.x?
-
- Instructions for PostgreSQL V6.3 are answered in Question 1.10!
-
- Irix 6.2-6.4 has a bug in ld which mishandles the addresses of
- static procedures when object files are assembled into
- larger object files using 'ld -r'. This bug has been reported
- to Silicon Graphics.
-
- One option is to use the Gnu version of ld. Alternatively,
- the following patch should be applied as a workaround.
- (Supplied by Bob Bruccoleri <bruc@bms.com>)
-
-*** ./backend/Makefile.orig Thu May 22 00:00:15 1997
---- ./backend/Makefile Thu Jun 5 16:47:27 1997
-***************
-*** 54,60 ****
- all: postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
---- 54,64 ----
- all: postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! # $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-! -rm -f *.o
-! find . -name "*.o" -exec cp \{\} . \;
-! rm -f SUBSYS.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres *.o ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
-
-
-
-1.6) The make fails with the following message:
- ld32: ERROR 4: Conflicting flag setting: -call_shared
-
- If gmake fails in .../src/backend while building obj/ACCESS.o
- with a message from ld32, you can work around this by using
- ld for the LD environment variable rather than cc.
-
- The problem has been observed under Irix 5.3 when compiling both
- Postgres95-1.09 and PostgreSQL-6.2Beta6, but on some systems
- these appear to compile with no such problems.
-
- Fix supplied by Brian Sanders (bsanders@netcom.com,
- brian@fresnelsoft.com)
-
-
-1.7) Why won't it link? (Problems with lorder)
-
- According to the IRIX man pages, lorder is useless, but harmless
- under IRIX. However, it has caused problems for some people
- using both IRIX 6.2.
-
- The solution is to add the following line to
- .../src/makefiles/Makefile.irix5
-
- MK_NO_LORDER=true
-
-
-1.8) I have major problems with IRIX 6!
-
- The following is quoted directly from Bob Bruccoleri <bruc@bms.com>
-
-There is a really nasty loader bug in the compiler system (7.1)
-on Irix 6.x, and the error that Lasse Petersen is the result of it.
-Here is the original message. I don't know if all the changes have been
-folded into the current release.
-
-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 17:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
-From: bruc@bms.com (Robert Bruccoleri)
-Subject: [PORTS] Patches for Irix 6.4
-
-I have worked out how to compile PostgreSQL on Irix 6.4 using the -n32 compiler
-mode and version 7.1 of the C compiler. (The n32 compiler use 32 bits addressing,
-but allows access to all the instructions in the MIPS4 instruction set.)
-There were several problems:
-
-1) The ld command is not referenced as a macro in all the Makefiles. On
-this platform, you have to include -n32 on all the ld commands. Makefiles
-were changed as needed.
-
-2) There is a bug in "ld" which mishandles the addresses of static procedures
-when object files are assembled into larger object files using "ld -r".
-Because of this, I put a hack into src/backend/Makefile to avoid all the
-SUBSYS.o files and just link all the objects. I have contacted SGI about the
-problem, and hopefully, it will be fixed in the near future.
-
-3) Lots of warnings are generated from the compiler. Since the regression
-tests worked OK, I didn't attempt to fix them. If anyone wants the compilation
-log, please let me know, and I'll email it to you.
-
-The version of postgresql was 970602. Here is Makefile.custom:
-
-CUSTOM_COPT = -O2 -n32
-MK_NO_LORDER = 1
-LD = ld -n32
-CC += -n32
-
-Here are the patches:
-
-*** ./backend/access/Makefile.orig Sun Nov 10 00:00:15 1996
-- --- ./backend/access/Makefile Tue Jun 3 10:22:32 1997
-***************
-*** 8,13 ****
-- --- 8,16 ----
- #
- #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-+ SRCDIR = ../..
-+ include ../../Makefile.global
-+
- OBJS = common/SUBSYS.o gist/SUBSYS.o hash/SUBSYS.o heap/SUBSYS.o \
- index/SUBSYS.o rtree/SUBSYS.o nbtree/SUBSYS.o transam/SUBSYS.o
-
-
-*** ./backend/bootstrap/Makefile.orig Fri Apr 18 06:00:23 1997
-- --- ./backend/bootstrap/Makefile Tue Jun 3 10:23:59 1997
-***************
-*** 38,44 ****
- all: SUBSYS.o
-
- SUBSYS.o: $(OBJS)
-! ld -r -o SUBSYS.o $(OBJS)
-
- # bootstrap.o's dependency on bootstrap_tokens.h is computed by the
- # make depend, but we state it here explicitly anyway because
-- --- 38,44 ----
- all: SUBSYS.o
-
- SUBSYS.o: $(OBJS)
-! $(LD) -r -o SUBSYS.o $(OBJS)
-
- # bootstrap.o's dependency on bootstrap_tokens.h is computed by the
- # make depend, but we state it here explicitly anyway because
-
-*** ./backend/Makefile.orig Thu May 22 00:00:15 1997
-- --- ./backend/Makefile Thu Jun 5 16:47:27 1997
-***************
-*** 54,60 ****
- all: postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
-- --- 54,64 ----
- all: postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! # $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-! -rm -f *.o
-! find . -name "*.o" -exec cp \{\} . \;
-! rm -f SUBSYS.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres *.o ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
-***************
-*** 116,122 ****
- install: $(LIBDIR) $(BINDIR) $(HEADERDIR) postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) fmgr.h\
- global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source \
- libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample optimizer/geqo/pg_geqo.sample
-!
- $(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) postgres $(BINDIR)/postgres
- ifeq ($(MAKE_EXPORTS), true)
- $(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) $(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBDIR)/$(POSTGRES_IMP)
-- --- 120,126 ----
- install: $(LIBDIR) $(BINDIR) $(HEADERDIR) postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) fmgr.h\
- global1.bki.source local1_template1.bki.source \
- libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample optimizer/geqo/pg_geqo.sample
-!
- $(INSTALL) $(INSTL_EXE_OPTS) postgres $(BINDIR)/postgres
- ifeq ($(MAKE_EXPORTS), true)
- $(INSTALL) $(INSTLOPTS) $(POSTGRES_IMP) $(LIBDIR)/$(POSTGRES_IMP)
-
-*** ./backend/optimizer/Makefile.orig Wed Feb 19 12:00:34 1997
-- --- ./backend/optimizer/Makefile Tue Jun 3 10:39:47 1997
-***************
-*** 8,13 ****
-- --- 8,16 ----
- #
- #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-+ SRCDIR= ../..
-+ include ../../Makefile.global
-+
- all: submake SUBSYS.o
-
- OBJS = path/SUBSYS.o plan/SUBSYS.o prep/SUBSYS.o util/SUBSYS.o geqo/SUBSYS.o
-
-*** ./backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c.orig Mon May 26 00:00:23 1997
-- --- ./backend/libpq/pqcomprim.c Fri Jun 6 16:02:24 1997
-***************
-*** 32,40 ****
- # define hton_l(n) (ntoh_l(n))
- # else /* BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN */
- # if BYTE_ORDER == PDP_ENDIAN
-! # #error PDP_ENDIAN macros not written yet
- # else /* BYTE_ORDER != anything known */
-! # #error BYTE_ORDER not defined as anything understood
- # endif /* BYTE_ORDER == PDP_ENDIAN */
- # endif /* BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN */
- #endif /* BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN */
-- --- 32,40 ----
- # define hton_l(n) (ntoh_l(n))
- # else /* BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN */
- # if BYTE_ORDER == PDP_ENDIAN
-! # error PDP_ENDIAN macros not written yet
- # else /* BYTE_ORDER != anything known */
-! # error BYTE_ORDER not defined as anything understood
- # endif /* BYTE_ORDER == PDP_ENDIAN */
- # endif /* BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN */
- #endif /* BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN */
-
-*** ./backend/storage/Makefile.orig Sun Nov 10 00:01:06 1996
-- --- ./backend/storage/Makefile Tue Jun 3 10:41:29 1997
-***************
-*** 8,13 ****
-- --- 8,16 ----
- #
- #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-+ SRCDIR= ../..
-+ include ../../Makefile.global
-+
- all: submake SUBSYS.o
-
- OBJS = buffer/SUBSYS.o file/SUBSYS.o ipc/SUBSYS.o large_object/SUBSYS.o \
-
-
-
-
-1.9) Why does lex fail with PostgreSQL 6.2.1?
-
- IRIX 5.3 lex has been reported to fail in
- postgresql-6.2.1/src/backend/parser with the error:
-
- lex scan.l
- "scan.l":line 86: Error: Invalid request %x xc
- gmake[2]: *** [scan.c] Error 1
-
- The answer is to use GNU flex 2.5.4 or later. Use the command
- flex --version
- to check you have a new enough version of flex
-
-
-1.10) How do I install PostgreSQL V6.3 under Irix 6.x?
-
- Irix 6.2-6.4 has a bug in ld which mishandles the addresses of
- static procedures when object files are assembled into
- larger object files using 'ld -r'. This bug has been reported
- to Silicon Graphics.
-
- Depending on your Irix installation you may also encounter
- 2 other problems detailed below: Conflict in C standards,
- Conflict in library functions.
-
- a) Solving the ld bug
- ---------------------
-
- One option is to use the Gnu version of ld. Alternatively,
- the following patch should be applied as a workaround.
- (Supplied by Bob Bruccoleri <bruc@bms.com> and modified for
- PostgreSQL V6.3 by Lasse Hiller Petersen <lassehp@imv.aau.dk>)
-
- Apply the following patch:
-
-*** ./backend/Makefile.orig Tue Mar 3 15:33:58 1998
---- ./backend/Makefile Tue Mar 3 15:39:27 1998
-***************
-*** 63,69 ****
- global1.description
-local1_template1.description
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
---- 63,73 ----
- global1.description
-local1_template1.description
-
- postgres: $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o
-! # $(CC) -o postgres $(OBJS) ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-! -rm -f *.o
-! find . -name "*.o" -exec cp \{\} . \;
-! rm -f SUBSYS.o
-! $(CC) -o postgres *.o ../utils/version.o $(LDFLAGS)
-
- $(OBJS): $(DIRS:%=%.dir)
-
-
-
-
- Lasse configured with ./configure --enable-locale
- and modified Makefile.custom to contain:
-CC = cc -n32
-LD = ld -n32
-
- He reports that the installation without -n32 works fine too,
- but the -n32 was required for compatibility with his Perl
- installation. His system was an Origin200 running IRIX64 v6.4.
-
-
- b) Conflict in C standards
- --------------------------
-
- I have found that the following patch is also necessary in order
- to prevent a duplicate definition of a Union used for semaphores.
- Apply the following patch to:
- .../src/makefile/Makefile.irix5:
-
-*** src/makefiles/Makefile.irix5.orig Thu Mar 5 16:59:58 1998
---- src/makefiles/Makefile.irix5 Thu Mar 5 17:01:13 1998
-***************
-*** 6,9 ****
- %.so: %.o
- $(LD) -G -Bdynamic -shared -o $@ $<
-
-!
---- 6,9 ----
- %.so: %.o
- $(LD) -G -Bdynamic -shared -o $@ $<
-
-! CFLAGS+= -U_NO_XOPEN4
-
- i.e. the addition of the line:
- CFLAGS+= -U_NO_XOPEN4
-
- This is needed to stop the semun union being redefined in
- /usr/include/sys/sem.h
-
- c) Conflict in library functions
- --------------------------------
-
- In addition, if you have the nsl and crypt libraries these will
- conflict with the required definitions. I think that libnsl.a
- may be the Netware socket library (or something similar). In
- any case, if you have these libraries, they will be added to
- Makefile.global and you will need to remove them.
-
- Thus, you should edit .../src/Makefile.global. Goto (approximately)
- line 217 where LDFLAGS= is set and remove -lnsl and -lcrypt
- from this line.
-
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Section 2: Deinstalling PostgreSQL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-2.1) Why can't I move the executable files?
-
- By default, the IRIX port uses the BSD compatible version of
- install from /usr/bin/X11. If you read the man page for this
- version of install, you will see that it is not meant for
- end-user use; it has the interesting side-effect of chowning
- files it installs to root.
-
- You should still be able to delete the files as you (the
- postgres user) will own the directory in which they are
- stored.
-
- The normal IRIX install program cannot be used easily as it
- takes its arguments in the reverse order. It is therefore
- recommended to use the GNU version of install (ginstall).
- See Question 1.4
-
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-Section 3: Extending PostgreSQL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-3.1) How do I compile a C program to create a function for extending
- PostgreSQL
-
- Here is a sample command line:
-
- cc -I/usr/local/PostgreSQL/include/ -I/usr/local/PostgreSQL/src/backend
- -shared -o funcs.so funcs.c
-
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Dr. Andrew C.R. Martin University College London
-EMAIL: (Work) martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk (Home) andrew@stagleys.demon.co.uk
-URL: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~martin
-Tel: (Work) +44(0)171 419 3890 (Home) +44(0)1372 275775
-</PRE>
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