Re: Failed compile on Sun - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Justin Clift
Subject Re: Failed compile on Sun
Date
Msg-id 3CCFCE8F.D42AF143@postgresql.org
Whole thread Raw
In response to Failed compile on Sun  (Adam Witney <awitney@sghms.ac.uk>)
List pgsql-general
Hi Adam,

Are you using the Solaris compilation instructions from?

http://techdocs.postgresql.org/installguides.php#solaris

They're known to work.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


Adam Witney wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am fairly new to PostgreSQL. I have been trying to install
> PostgreSQL-7.2.1 on my Sun server, however it fails at this point:
>
> ...
> ...
>
> gcc  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -fPIC -I.
> -I../../../src/include  -DFRONTEND -DSYSCONFDIR='"/usr/local/pgsql/etc"'  -c
> -o pqsignal.o pqsignal.c
> ar crs libpq.a fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-print.o
> fe-lobj.o pqexpbuffer.o dllist.o md5.o pqsignal.o
> make[3]: ar: Command not found
> make[3]: *** [libpq.a] Error 127
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/install/postgresql-7.2/src/interfaces/libpq'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/install/postgresql-7.2/src/interfaces'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/install/postgresql-7.2/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> System details:
>
> bash-2.03$ uname -a
> SunOS webdev1 5.8 Generic_108528-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2
>
> Is this a common problem on this platform? Or am I doing something wrong.
>
> Any help in getting this working would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives?
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org

--
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
   - Indira Gandhi

pgsql-general by date:

Previous
From: Adam Witney
Date:
Subject: Failed compile on Sun
Next
From: pgsql-gen Newsgroup (@Basebeans.com)
Date:
Subject: Re: Failed compile on Sun