Re: BUG #1167: POSIX getpwuid_r 4arg vs 5arg issue - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

OK, I have fixed this so the configure test happens with the proper
thread flags.  Patch attached, and it will be in 7.4.4.

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PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      1167
> Logged by:          James Helm
>
> Email address:      jjhelm@att.net
>
> PostgreSQL version: 7.4
>
> Operating system:   Solaris 9 Sparc
>
> Description:        POSIX getpwuid_r 4arg vs 5arg issue
>
> Details:
>
> I just downloaded the 7.4.3 tarball with timestamp 6/15 00:02, and am still
> having issues with threads on a freshly loaded Solaris 9 server.  Looks like
> maybe the latest Solaris 9 supports the 5 arg version of getpwuid_r?  I'm
> just going to build without thread safety since I don't really need it for
> now, but I thought you'd want to know it was still not 100% fixed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
> gcc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wmissing-declarations
> -fPIC -I. -I../../../src/include -I/pbengine/postgres/include
> -I/pbengine/openssl/include -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS
> -DFRONTEND
> -DSYSCONFDIR='"/pbengine/postgres/etc"'  -c -o thread.o thread.c
> thread.c: In function `pqGetpwuid':
> thread.c:119: error: too few arguments to function `getpwuid_r'
> thread.c:119: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
> gmake[3]: *** [thread.o] Error 1
>
>
> Here's my configure:
>
> sh configure \
>         --prefix=/pbengine/postgres \
>         --with-includes=/pbengine/postgres/include \
>         --with-libs=/pbengine/postgres/lib \
>         --with-perl \
>         --with-openssl=/pbengine/openssl \
>         --enable-thread-safety
>
>
>
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Index: configure
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/configure,v
retrieving revision 1.310.2.10
diff -c -c -r1.310.2.10 configure
*** configure    8 Jun 2004 15:36:34 -0000    1.310.2.10
--- configure    16 Jun 2004 03:14:51 -0000
***************
*** 13482,13489 ****
  fi
  done

! CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
! LIBS="$_LIBS"
  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether getpwuid_r takes a fifth argument" >&5
  echo $ECHO_N "checking whether getpwuid_r takes a fifth argument... $ECHO_C" >&6
  if test "${pgac_func_getpwuid_r_5arg+set}" = set; then
--- 13482,13488 ----
  fi
  done

! # do this test with the proper thread flags
  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether getpwuid_r takes a fifth argument" >&5
  echo $ECHO_N "checking whether getpwuid_r takes a fifth argument... $ECHO_C" >&6
  if test "${pgac_func_getpwuid_r_5arg+set}" = set; then
***************
*** 13543,13548 ****
--- 13542,13549 ----

  fi

+ CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
+ LIBS="$_LIBS"
  fi


Index: configure.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.301.2.8
diff -c -c -r1.301.2.8 configure.in
*** configure.in    8 Jun 2004 15:36:35 -0000    1.301.2.8
--- configure.in    16 Jun 2004 03:14:53 -0000
***************
*** 1059,1067 ****
  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $THREAD_CPPFLAGS"
  LIBS="$LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strerror_r getpwuid_r gethostbyname_r])
  CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
  LIBS="$_LIBS"
- PGAC_FUNC_GETPWUID_R_5ARG
  fi


--- 1059,1068 ----
  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $THREAD_CPPFLAGS"
  LIBS="$LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strerror_r getpwuid_r gethostbyname_r])
+ # do this test with the proper thread flags
+ PGAC_FUNC_GETPWUID_R_5ARG
  CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
  LIBS="$_LIBS"
  fi