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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_solaris.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_solaris.html deleted file mode 100644 index dc456b46120..00000000000 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_solaris.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,168 +0,0 @@ -<PRE> -======================================================= -Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL V6.5 -Sun Solaris Specific -TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ -======================================================= -last updated: Thu Sep 21 9:30:00 CET 1999 - -current maintainer: Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch) -original author: Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch) - - - -Contents: - -1.1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris? -1.2) What else do I have to do before building PostgreSQL? -1.3) Why am I getting "IpcMemoryCreate" errors when I try - to run postmaster? -1.4) Why am I getting "Can't tell what username to use" errors - when I try to run initdb? - -A) Contributors - - - -Notes: - -- The commands given here are for the bash shell. If you use - a different shell, you'll have to change the commands accordingly, - especially these regarding environment variables. - -- These instructions are written for Solaris 2.6 - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Section 1: Building and Installing PostgreSQL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -1.1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris? - -You will need - -- GNU flex 2.5.4 or better (the lex included in Solaris 2.6 won't work) -- GNU bison (the yacc included in Solaris 2.6 won't work) -- GNU zip (gzip and especially zcat for installing the docs) -- GNU make -- GNU readline library - -We also used - -- GNU cc (gcc 2.8.1) - -If you like Solaris packages, you can find these tools here: -http://www.sunfreeware.com - -If you prefer sources, look here: -http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html - - - - -1.2) What else do I have to do before building PostgreSQL? - -Shared libraries ----------------- - -The default installation procedure puts the shared libraries -into "/usr/local/pgsql/lib", but the dynamic loader won't -find them there at runtime unless you use some hack like -symlinking the libraries in /usr/lib or setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH -for every user that will use the DB system. - -The first time you'll encounter this problem is usually when -running "initdb". It will fail with something like - - ld.so.1: pg_id: fatal: libpq.so: open failed: No such file or directory - -We recommend that you store the path of the directory containing -the libraries in the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH *before* -starting the build. This will cause the linker to store this -path in the binaries. - -Do this: - -# export LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib - -(or wherever you choose to put the libraries) - -There is some good information about this here: -http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html - - -zcat ----- - -If - -- both the original solaris zcat as well as the recommended - GNU zcat are installed on the system (e.g. the former in /usr/bin and - the latter in /usr/local/bin) and -- configure (or "which zcat") finds the wrong one - -then configure needs to be told where GNU zcat can be found. - -Failure to do so will cause configure to select the wrong one -and the "gmake install" command in the "doc" subdirectory -(step 12 in the INSTALL file) will fail because Solaris -zcat cannot handle the .gz compressed documentation files. - -To fix this, type - -# export GZCAT=/usr/local/bin/zcat - -(or wherever your GNU zcat lives) - -before running configure. - - - - -1.3) Why am I getting "IpcMemoryCreate" errors when I try - to run the postmaster? - -(See also 3.4 in the main FAQ file) - -Under Solaris 2.6 and probably others, the default shared memory -maximum segment size kernel parameter is set too low. The solution -is to put something like the following line into /etc/system and -reboot the system. - -set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=0x7fffffff - -Excellent info regarding shared memory under Solaris can be found here: -http://www.sunworld.com/swol-09-1997/swol-09-insidesolaris.html - - - - -1.4) Why am I getting "Can't tell what username to use" errors - when I try to run initdb? - -Put something like this into the .bash_profile startup script -of the postgres user (see also step 17 in the INSTALL file): - -export USER=postgres - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Section A: Contributors ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia - Suggested to change the shmmax parameter in 1.3 from 0xffffffff to 0x7fffffff - because the value is a signed integer in Solaris versions prior to 2.6. - - - -</PRE> - |