Thread: Alpha FreeBSD port of PostgreSQL !!!
is anyone working on the port of PostgreSQL for Alpha FreeBSD ?? I have been waiting for over a year very very patiently !!! I really love my Alpha FreeBSD box and I want to use PostgreSQL on it... but postgresql does not build. If they need a box I am more than willing to give them complete access to my Alpha ! please let me know thank you nathan
* Nathan Boeger <nathan@khmere.com> [001103 15:43] wrote: > is anyone working on the port of PostgreSQL for Alpha FreeBSD ?? I have > been waiting for over a year very very patiently !!! > > I really love my Alpha FreeBSD box and I want to use PostgreSQL on it... > but postgresql does not build. > > If they need a box I am more than willing to give them complete access > to my Alpha ! > > please let me know Part of the problem is that Postgresql assumes FreeBSD == -m486, since I have absolutely no 'configure/automake' clue it's where I faltered when initially trying to compile on FreeBSD. I have access to a FreeBSD box through the FreeBSD project and would like to have another shot at it, but I was hoping one of the guys more initmate with autoconf could lend me a hand. thanks, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
Nathan Boeger writes: > I really love my Alpha FreeBSD box and I want to use PostgreSQL on it... > but postgresql does not build. If I were to take a guess, then you need to add // snip #elif defined(__alpha__) typedef long int slock_t; #define HAS_TEST_AND_SET // snip into src/include/port/freebsd.h to get it to build. Whether it runs is another question. But with the amount of detail you provided, no one can tell. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
Nathan Boeger wrote: > is anyone working on the port of PostgreSQL for Alpha FreeBSD ?? I have > been waiting for over a year very very patiently !!! > > I really love my Alpha FreeBSD box and I want to use PostgreSQL on it... > but postgresql does not build. > > If they need a box I am more than willing to give them complete access > to my Alpha ! > > please let me know > > thank you > > nathan Well I'am new to "hacking" but I did get it once to compile by removing the CFLAGS entirely (very weak !) so if you need a hand (you might have to hold mine just a little) then let me know. As I said I don't mind giving you access to my box (root) cause I cannot use it since I don't have a database on it.... let me know nathan
* Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> [001103 16:16] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein writes: > > > Part of the problem is that Postgresql assumes FreeBSD == -m486, > > If that's all then go into src/template/freebsd and remove it. ok, thanks for the pointer, I'll try to have some patches in the near future. > The interesting question is whether the spinlock code, which was written > for Alpha/Linux, works (src/include/storage/s_lock.h). All the rest > should work out of the box. I'll see. :) -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
Nathan Boeger <nathan@khmere.com> writes:
> is anyone working on the port of PostgreSQL for Alpha FreeBSD ??
Not that I know about. DEC/Compaq was kind enough to lend the project
an Alpha for testing, but it's running Linux (RedHat 6.2).
> If they need a box I am more than willing to give them complete access
> to my Alpha !
Let me get back to you after we finish wringing out the known Alpha
portability issues on the Linux box. What with the fmgr changes,
7.1 has at least a shot at running cleanly on Alphas ... but there's
still mop-up work to do.
regards, tom lane
Alfred Perlstein writes: > Part of the problem is that Postgresql assumes FreeBSD == -m486, If that's all then go into src/template/freebsd and remove it. The interesting question is whether the spinlock code, which was written for Alpha/Linux, works (src/include/storage/s_lock.h). All the rest should work out of the box. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://yi.org/peter-e/
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Tom Lane wrote: > Nathan Boeger <nathan@khmere.com> writes: > > is anyone working on the port of PostgreSQL for Alpha FreeBSD ?? > > Not that I know about. DEC/Compaq was kind enough to lend the project > an Alpha for testing, but it's running Linux (RedHat 6.2). We've also got a copy of True64 to throw onto the machine, and I *have* to work on getting FreeBSD running on it too ... never enough hours in the day :( Jeff, feel like trying out the True64 install and seeing how it goes? Worst case, we have to install Redhat from scratch *shrug* Tom, anything on that machine that you wanna backup? Or its all safe?
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> Jeff, feel like trying out the True64 install and seeing how it
> goes? Worst case, we have to install Redhat from scratch *shrug*
> Tom, anything on that machine that you wanna backup? Or its all safe?
No problem for me. Just keep us posted on which OS it's running today
;-)
regards, tom lane
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Tom Lane wrote: > The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes: > > Jeff, feel like trying out the True64 install and seeing how it > > goes? Worst case, we have to install Redhat from scratch *shrug* > > > Tom, anything on that machine that you wanna backup? Or its all safe? > > No problem for me. Just keep us posted on which OS it's running today > ;-) Will do, I know that Jeff has been antsy since True64 got in the other day, so I don't imagine its gonna take him long to get that installed :)