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2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
3 SCO UnixWare and OpenServer specific
4 to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
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6 last updated: $Date: 2001/08/29 19:14:39 $
8 current maintainer: Billy G. Allie (Bill.Allie@mug.org)
9 original author: Andrew Merrill (andrew@compclass.com)
12 PostgreSQL 7.1 can be built on SCO UnixWare 7 and SCO OpenServer 5.
13 On OpenServer, you can use either the OpenServer Development Kit or
14 the Universal Development Kit.
16 However, some tweaking may be needed, as described below.
22 *) Using the UDK on OpenServer
23 *) Compiling PostgreSQL using the UDK
24 *) Reading the PostgreSQL man pages
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30 You should locate your copy of the SCO Skunkware CD. The Skunkware CD is
31 included with UnixWare 7 and current versions of OpenServer 5.
33 Skunkware includes ready-to-install versions of many popular programs that
34 are available on the Internet. For example, gzip, gunzip, GNU make, flex,
35 and bison are all included.
37 If you do not have this CD, the software on it is available via anonymous
38 ftp from ftp.sco.com/skunkware.
40 For UnixWare 7.1, this CD is now labeled "Open License Software Supplement".
42 Skunkware has different versions for UnixWare and OpenServer. Make sure
43 you install the correct version for your operating system, except as noted
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50 You need to use the GNU make program, which is on the Skunkware CD. By
51 default, it installs as /usr/local/bin/make. To avoid confusion with the
52 SCO make program, you may want to rename GNU make to gmake.
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58 If you install the readline library, then psql (the PostgreSQL command line
59 SQL interpreter) remembers each command you type, and allows you to use
60 arrow keys to recall and edit previous commands. This is very helpful, and
61 is strongly recommended. The readline library is on the Skunkware CD.
63 The readline library is not included on the UnixWare 7.1 Skunkware CD. If
64 you have the UnixWare 7.0.0 or 7.0.1 Skunkware CDs, you can install it from
65 there. Otherwise, try ftp.sco.com/skunkware.
67 By default, readline installs into /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include.
68 However, the PostgreSQL configure program will not find it there without
69 help. If you installed readline, then use the following options to
72 configure --with-libs=/usr/local/lib --with-includes=/usr/local/include
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76 *) Using the UDK on OpenServer
78 If you are using the new Universal Development Kit (UDK) compiler on
79 OpenServer, you need to specify the locations of the UDK libraries:
81 configure --with-libs=/udk/usr/lib --with-includes=/udk/usr/include
83 Putting these together with the readline options from above:
85 ./configure --with-libs="/udk/usr/lib /usr/local/lib" --with-includes="/udk/usr/include /usr/local/include"
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89 *) Compiling PostgreSQL 7.1 with the UDK
91 The program, backend/utils/adt/int8.c, tickles a compiler bug with in the
92 following versions (and probably others as well) of the C compiler:
94 Optimizing C Compilation System (CCS) 3.2 08/18/98
95 Optimizing C Compilation System (CCS) 3.2 09/28/99
97 If you encounter an error compiling backend/utils/adt/int8.c, please apply
100 ------------------------------8< CUT HERE >8------------------------------
101 *** src/backend/utils/adt/int8.c.orig Sat Oct 7 20:48:17 2000
102 --- src/backend/utils/adt/int8.c Sat Oct 7 20:52:03 2000
108 ! for (i = arg1, result = 1; i > 0; --i)
111 PG_RETURN_INT64(result);
116 ! for (i = arg1, result = 1; i; --i)
119 PG_RETURN_INT64(result);
120 ------------------------------8< CUT HERE >8------------------------------
122 This compiler bug seems to be fixed at least in
124 Optimizing C Compilation System (CCS) 4.0 10/23/00 (UDK FS 7.1.1b)
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128 *) Reading the PostgreSQL man pages
130 By default, the PostgreSQL man pages are installed into
131 /usr/local/pgsql/man. By default, UnixWare does not look there for
132 man pages. To be able to read them you need to modify the MANPATH
133 variable in /etc/default/man. I use:
135 MANPATH=/usr/lib/scohelp/%L/man:/usr/dt/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:scohelp:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/pgsql/man
137 On OpenServer, some extra research needs to be invested to make the
138 man pages usable, because the man system is a bit different from other
139 platforms. Currently, PostgreSQL will not install them at all.