RE: [GENERAL] Can't compile 6.4.2 on Solaris 2.6

Make sure '.' is in your path.  Also, make sure you are running sh.
You can simply sh ./configure.

I also had to install flex first.  (Make sure it's in your path,
probably /usr/local/bin.)

On Solaris7 with gcc, I ran:
./configure --without-CXX

DwD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
> [mailto:owner-pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Verdon
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 1999 6:12 PM
> To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Can't compile 6.4.2 on Solaris 2.6
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know what's going on here. I simply
> cannot compile PostgreSQL 6.4.2 on SPARC
> Solaris 2.6. The first trouble arises in the
> configure script:
>
> kandinsky:root# ./configure
> creating cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6
> checking echo setting...
> checking setting template to... solaris_sparc_gcc
> ./configure: conftest.sh: not found
>
> I think the problem here seems to be at line 743:
>
> 741: rm -f conftest.sh
> 742: sed 's/^\([A-Za-z_]*\):\(.*\)$/\1="\2"/'
> "template/$TEMPLATE" >conftest.sh
> 743: . conftest.sh
> 744: rm -f conftest.sh
>
> I changed it to:
>
> 741: rm -f conftest.sh
> 742: sed 's/^\([A-Za-z_]*\):\(.*\)$/\1="\2"/'
> "template/$TEMPLATE" >conftest.sh
> 743: chmod +x conftest.sh; ./conftest.sh
> 744: rm -f conftest.sh
>
> and configure finally lurched into action.
>
> But then it fell over when compiling too!:
>
> gmake[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/access/transam'
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend   -g -O2  -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes -I../..    -c transam.c -o transam.o
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend   -g -O2  -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes -I../..    -c transsup.c -o transsup.o
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend   -g -O2  -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes -I../..    -c varsup.c -o varsup.o
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend   -g -O2  -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes -I../..    -c xact.c -o xact.o
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend   -g -O2  -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes -I../..    -c xid.c -o xid.o
> ld -r -o SUBSYS.o transam.o transsup.o varsup.o xact.o xid.o
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/access/transam'
> ld -r -o SUBSYS.o common/SUBSYS.o gist/SUBSYS.o
> hash/SUBSYS.o heap/SUBSYS.o index/SUBSYS.o rtree/SUBSYS.o
> nbtree/SUBSYS.o transam/SUBSYS.o
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/access'
> gmake -C bootstrap all
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/bootstrap'
> /usr/local/bin/bison -y  bootparse.y
> grep -v "^#" boot.sed > sedfile
> sed -f sedfile < y.tab.c > bootparse.c
> mv y.tab.h bootstrap_tokens.h
> mv: cannot access y.tab.h
> gmake[2]: *** [bootparse.c] Error 2
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/bootstrap'
> gmake[1]: *** [bootstrap.dir] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend'
> gmake: *** [all] Error 2
>
> ??
>
> What's going on here? Postgresql-v6.4 compiles fine.
>
> I'm using:
>
> SPARC Solaris 2.6 5/98 + sundry patches
> gcc 2.8.1
> flex 2.5.4a
> bison 1.25
>
> Has anyone else got 6.4.2 working on Solaris 2.6?
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> Patrick
>
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