Thread: Solaris 8 compilation errors
Hello, Am new to list (and Solaris for that matter). I have tried a couple of times to compile postgres 7.0.3 under solaris 8 and it fails consistently, reporting an error 2 in string_info.c (I can supply the full text of the build if it's helpful.) Have tried a couple of different configurations all have --with-tcl in common. Configure always completes correctly... Am using gmake 3.79.1 and gcc 2.95. I don't see Solaris 8 on the list of supported platforms, but Solaris 7 is there, so I had hoped 8 would work pretty much the same. Has anyone else run into this problem? -john
JG> I don't see Solaris 8 on the list of supported platforms, I have compiled postgres 7.0.3 on SPARC/Solrais 8. But it was compiled w/o tcl support. There is no much time since installation, but yet all works fine. JG> but Solaris 7 is JG> there, so I had hoped 8 would work pretty much the same. Has anyone else run JG> into this problem? JG> -john
El Lun 05 Feb 2001 02:30, Alex Guryanow escribió: > JG> I don't see Solaris 8 on the list of supported platforms, > > I have compiled postgres 7.0.3 on SPARC/Solrais 8. But it was compiled w/o > tcl support. There is no much time since installation, but yet all works > fine. I have installed it on Solaris 7 and 8 with tcl (pgaccess works great!!). Send the output of the error. Saludos... :-) -- System Administration: It's a dirty job, but someone told I had to do it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martín Marqués email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar -----------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks for your help. I've included the output as an attachment. Please let me know what you make of it. -John Martin A. Marques writes: > El Lun 05 Feb 2001 02:30, Alex Guryanow escribió: >> JG> I don't see Solaris 8 on the list of supported platforms, >> >> I have compiled postgres 7.0.3 on SPARC/Solrais 8. But it was compiled w/o >> tcl support. There is no much time since installation, but yet all works >> fine. > > I have installed it on Solaris 7 and 8 with tcl (pgaccess works great!!). > > Send the output of the error. > > Saludos... :-) > > -- > System Administration: It's a dirty job, > but someone told I had to do it. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Martín Marqués email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar > Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ > Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar > -----------------------------------------------------------------
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"J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net> writes:
> stringinfo.c: In function `appendStringInfo':
> stringinfo.c:104: `va_list' undeclared (first use in this function)
> stringinfo.c:104: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> stringinfo.c:104: for each function it appears in.)
> stringinfo.c:104: parse error before `args'
> stringinfo.c:121: warning: implicit declaration of function `va_start'
> stringinfo.c:121: `args' undeclared (first use in this function)
> stringinfo.c:124: warning: implicit declaration of function `va_end'
In src/include/c.h, try including <stddef.h> and <stdarg.h>
unconditionally --- that is, remove #ifdef STDC_HEADERS / #endif
near line 53. This is what we are doing in the 7.1 sources...
regards, tom lane
Tom, This appears to have done it. Everything compiled properly; postgres announced it was ready for install. (One minor hitch with "ar" not being in my PATH... I have to say: Solaris is vastly more of a PITA than FreeBSD, the only *NIX with which I have any familiarity. No ports tree in Sol8...) Thx, John Tom Lane writes: > "J.Goodleaf" <john@goodleaf.net> writes: >> stringinfo.c: In function `appendStringInfo': >> stringinfo.c:104: `va_list' undeclared (first use in this function) >> stringinfo.c:104: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once >> stringinfo.c:104: for each function it appears in.) >> stringinfo.c:104: parse error before `args' >> stringinfo.c:121: warning: implicit declaration of function `va_start' >> stringinfo.c:121: `args' undeclared (first use in this function) >> stringinfo.c:124: warning: implicit declaration of function `va_end' > > In src/include/c.h, try including <stddef.h> and <stdarg.h> > unconditionally --- that is, remove #ifdef STDC_HEADERS / #endif > near line 53. This is what we are doing in the 7.1 sources... > > regards, tom lane
Hi John, It can't find one of the header files it needs to compile that file. I looked around and cannot find the header containing the definition of va_args anywhere -- these developers will know. Did you download gcc for Solaris 8 as a binary or package? If so, Bad idea -- and here's why: I had always downloaded the Solaris 7 binary for gcc. The problem is the libraries "they" used to make that version of gcc most likely don't match your machine at all. What you gotta do is: 1. download a gcc for sol 8. 2. download the sources for gcc (yea they're huge) 3. compile gcc using the binary/package you downloaded. 4. install the new freshly compiled version Sure as sh*ttin', everything works after that (compiler wise). Also for some reason, I have trouble compiling things a lot of the time if I'm logged in as root, but not as a reg user (with gcc). So usually I compile as a regular user, then run the gmake install as root. OH -- make sure you are using gmake instead of distributed make. That can make a huge difference. Hope this helps -- I'll be compiling 7.1 for solaris 8 thursday on a new box (with gcc and sun c both) so I could help out with that if u can wait and are interested in 7.1 L8r, George Johnson -----Original Message----- From: J.Goodleaf [mailto:john@goodleaf.net] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:42 PM To: Martin A. Marques Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Solaris 8 compilation errors _OUTPUT Thanks for your help. I've included the output as an attachment. Please let me know what you make of it. -John Martin A. Marques writes: > El Lun 05 Feb 2001 02:30, Alex Guryanow escribió: >> JG> I don't see Solaris 8 on the list of supported platforms, >> >> I have compiled postgres 7.0.3 on SPARC/Solrais 8. But it was compiled w/o >> tcl support. There is no much time since installation, but yet all works >> fine. > > I have installed it on Solaris 7 and 8 with tcl (pgaccess works great!!). > > Send the output of the error. > > Saludos... :-) > > -- > System Administration: It's a dirty job, > but someone told I had to do it. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Martín Marqués email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar > Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ > Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar > -----------------------------------------------------------------