FW: PostgreSQL on Linux390

> Lamar,
> please, this is the answer from my colleague...
>
> [Gašparovič, Marian]
> Little misunderstanding. It IS port from IBM. And that port is based on
> RedHat distribution... PostGreSQL which we try is S390 port. So no
> emulation is involved. We just probably miss something obvious but cannot
> find it.
> There is nobody listening on 5432, but local connection (AF_UNIX) works.
> From netstat -a -n there is
> unix  0      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     3310
> /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
> unix  0      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     3320
> /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
> D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Lamar Owen [SMTP:lamar.owen@wgcr.org]
> Sent:    Saturday, March 04, 2000 5:42 PM
> To:    dadam@gratex.sk
> Cc:    pgsql-ports@postgresql.org
> Subject:    Re: PostgreSQL on Linux390
>
> On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> > we just installed PostgreSQL 6.5.3 and have problem using it.
> > I type /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql and it seems to run ok. But after
> that I
> > try "psql template1" and that just hangs, without getting a prompt. So
> does
> > regression test ( regression.sh ) - at the first command ( dropdb
> regression
> > ).
> >
> > This is on S/390 ( IBM mainframe ), Red Hat distribution, kernel 2.2.13.
>
> > PostgreSQL is rpm installation ( binary, not src ).
>
> !?!?!?!?!
>
> An IBM S/390 running Intel binaries?  What sort of emulator do you have
> that
> will do this?  There IS a native S/390 port of Linux done by IBM -- you
> may
> have better luck compiling a native S/390 binary, rather than running
> through
> the emulator.
>
> Are there any error messages at all?  Can you netstat -a and see port 5432
> being bound?  The netstat -a will also list the Unix domain socket that
> postmaster opens as well.
>
> If you have a RedHat/390 distribution, that would be GREAT -- however, you
> will
> have to rebuild from the source RPM, unless you have an i386 emulator that
> I
> don't know about.
>
> I have taken the liberty of CC: ing the pgsql-ports list on this -- maybe
> others have an idea.
>
>