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Beta5 on Linux Alpha

From
"Denis N. Stepanov"
Date:
I just have tested your 7.0beta5. My system is RH Linux 6.1 2.2.14 on Alpha.
gcc --version says: egcs-2.91.66. I still have two major problems:

1. ./configure doesn't recognize my OS. ./config.guess reports:
alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu
so ./configure chooses 'linux' and fails.

2. I compiled and installed all the stuff successfully using
./configure --with-x --with-tcl --with-template=linux_alpha

Environment is set as follows:
PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib

Running initdb causes the following:

> This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
> This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.
>
> Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
> Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
> Creating database XLOG directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> Creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
>
> FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
>
> FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
>
> initdb failed.
> Removing /usr/local/pgsql/data.
> Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.32548.

I faced with exactly the same trouble since PostgreSQL 6.4.

Sincerely yours,

          Denis N. Stepanov.
          BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.

7.0RC1 on Linux Alpha

From
"Denis N. Stepanov"
Date:
The following confirmed for your 7.0RC1 (except that spinlock stuck arises at
spin.c:116). Please, do smth before the official release comes!

> I just have tested your 7.0beta5. My system is RH Linux 6.1 2.2.14 on Alpha.
> gcc --version says: egcs-2.91.66. I still have two major problems:
>
> 1. ./configure doesn't recognize my OS. ./config.guess reports:
> alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu
> so ./configure chooses 'linux' and fails.
>
> 2. I compiled and installed all the stuff successfully using
> ./configure --with-x --with-tcl --with-template=linux_alpha
>
> Environment is set as follows:
> PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
> PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
>
> Running initdb causes the following:
>
> > This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
> > This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.
> >
> > Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
> > Creating database XLOG directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> > Creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
> >
> > FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
> >
> > FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
> >
> > initdb failed.
> > Removing /usr/local/pgsql/data.
> > Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.32548.
>
> I faced with exactly the same trouble since PostgreSQL 6.4.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
>           Denis N. Stepanov.
>           BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Re: 7.0RC1 on Linux Alpha

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Denis N. Stepanov" <dstepan@DSGDL.inp.nsk.su> writes:
>> 1. ./configure doesn't recognize my OS. ./config.guess reports:
>> alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu
>> so ./configure chooses 'linux' and fails.

Fixed as of current sources: the first entry of src/template/.similar
now reads
    alpha[a-z0-9]*-unknown-linux-gnu=linux_alpha

>>>> FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.

Can't help you with that, since I don't have access to a machine like
yours.  It's fairly likely that the platform-specific code for Alpha in
src/include/storage/s_lock.h or src/backend/storage/buffer/s_lock.c
is not being compiled or is being compiled wrong.  Check whether the
right #define symbols are being set on your platform.  s_lock.c can
be compiled as a stand-alone test program, if you need it.

            regards, tom lane