Thread: Unable to build pg_rewind

On 25/02/15 11:06, Ratay, Steve wrote:
> I have checked out the pg_rewind code from https://github.com/vmware/pg_rewind.git on the master branch and am using
PostgreSQL9.4.1 source code to build against.  When I try to compile pg_rewind, I am getting the following errors.  How
canI resolve these problems?
 
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> gcc -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels
-Wmissing-format-attribute-Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -g -m64 -fmessage-length=0
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fstack-protector -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
-I/var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql-I. -I./
-I/var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server
-I/var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/internal-DFRONTEND   -c -o parsexlog.o parsexlog.c
 
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> In file included from parsexlog.c:39:
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:28:61: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:29:68: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> In file included from parsexlog.c:39:
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:28: error: ‘PG_RMGR’
undeclaredhere (not in a function)
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:29: error: expected ‘}’
before‘PG_RMGR’
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:30:64: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:31:61: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:32:68: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:33:73: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:34:81: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:35:69: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:36:73: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:37:65: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:38:61: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:39:65: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:40:61: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:41:81: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:42:87: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:43:62: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> /var/tmp/vpagent/postgresql94-libs-9.4.1-build/usr/include/pgsql/server/access/rmgrlist.h:44:87: error: macro
"PG_RMGR"requires 7 arguments, but only 6 given
 
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> parsexlog.c: In function ‘findLastCheckpoint’:
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> parsexlog.c:198: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘XLogRecGetInfo’
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> parsexlog.c:200: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘XLogRecGetRmid’
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> parsexlog.c: In function ‘extractPageInfo’:
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> parsexlog.c:344: error: ‘XLR_SPECIAL_REL_UPDATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
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> parsexlog.c:344: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
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> parsexlog.c:344: error: for each function it appears in.)
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> parsexlog.c:358: error: ‘XLogReaderState’ has no member named ‘max_block_id’
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> parsexlog.c:364: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘XLogRecGetBlockTag’
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> make: *** [parsexlog.o] Error 1
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>

It looks like master of pg_rewind expects to be built against Postgres 
9.5. Try checking out the REL9_4_STABLE branch.

Cheers

Mark

On 25/02/15 12:47, Michael Paquier wrote:
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> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Mark Kirkwood
> <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz <mailto:mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>>
> wrote:
>
>     On 25/02/15 11:06, Ratay, Steve wrote:
>
>         I have checked out the pg_rewind code from
>         https://github.com/vmware/pg_rewind.git on the master branch and
>         am using PostgreSQL 9.4.1 source code to build against.  When I
>         try to compile pg_rewind, I am getting the following errors.
>         How can I resolve these problems?
>
>
>     It looks like master of pg_rewind expects to be built against
>     Postgres 9.5. Try checking out the REL9_4_STABLE branch.
>
>
>   This branching model makes management of the code easier because
> WAL-related APIs and WAL format can change a lot between major releases
> (and also because in this case it would have made the code less readable
> using blocks based on PG_VERSION_NUM for not that much result).
>

Absolutely - and you've used the same branch names as the postgresql git 
repo does - so really nice and easy to match things up!

Cheers

Mark