Re: [GENERAL] UnixWare chokes

On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > or Linux) gmake barfs with:
> >     Undefined symbol   alloca    in file   bootstrap/SUBSYS.o

> The alloca calls are coming from the code generated by bison.  Strange
> it would do that on Unixware.  You would think bison would know if
> alloca was available, and only use it if it was.  If you use 'nm' you
> will see the unresolved call in bootparse.c, no?

Bruce - I am not sure what I am looking for...so here is the stdout from
running nm (tail  make.log follows the nm output).

Thanks for taking the time, I know you're rather busy.

Tom
---

Symbols from /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/bootstrap/bootparse.o:

[Index]   Value      Size    Type  Bind  Other Shndx   Name

[1]    |         0|       0|FILE |LOCL |0    |ABS    |bootparse.y
[2]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |1      |.text
[3]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |2      |.data
[4]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |3      |.data1
[5]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |4      |.rodata
[6]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |5      |.rodata1
[7]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |6      |.bss
[8]    |         0|       0|SECT |LOCL |0    |7      |.comment
[9]    |         0|       4|OBJT |LOCL |0    |6      |objectid
[10]    |         0|      36|FUNC |LOCL |0    |1      |__yy_bcopy
[11]    |      1262|     130|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yycheck
[12]    |      1132|     130|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yytable
[13]    |      1086|      46|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yypgoto
[14]    |       944|     142|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yypact
[15]    |       898|      46|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yydefgoto
[16]    |       756|     142|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yydefact
[17]    |       674|      82|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yyr2
[18]    |       592|      82|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yyr1
[19]    |       364|     228|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yyrhs
[20]    |       282|      82|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yyprhs
[21]    |         0|     281|OBJT |LOCL |0    |4      |Int_yytranslate
[22]    |         4|       4|OBJT |GLOB |0    |COMMON |fmgr_pl_finfo
[23]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |InsertOneNull
[24]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |InsertOneValue
[25]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |newoid
[26]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |atol
[27]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |DefineAttr
[28]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |makeString
[29]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |newNode
[30]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |build_indices
[31]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |DefineIndex
[32]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |lappend
[33]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |InsertOneTuple
[34]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |err_out
[35]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |elog
[36]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |heap_create_with_catalog
[37]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |heap_create
[38]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |CreateTupleDesc
[39]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |attrtypes
[40]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |DebugMode
[41]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |puts
[42]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |reldesc
[43]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |__flsbuf
[44]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |numattr
[45]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |closerel
[46]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |fflush
[47]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |__iob
[48]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |printf
[49]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |Quiet
[50]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |CommitTransactionCommand
[51]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |boot_openrel
[52]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |LexIDStr
[53]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |StartTransactionCommand
[54]    |         4|       4|OBJT |GLOB |0    |COMMON |Int_yylval
[55]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |Int_yylex
[56]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |alloca
[57]    |         0|       0|NOTY |GLOB |0    |UNDEF  |Int_yyerror
[58]    |         4|       4|OBJT |GLOB |0    |COMMON |Int_yychar
[59]    |         4|       4|OBJT |GLOB |0    |COMMON |Int_yynerrs
[60]    |        48|    2368|FUNC |GLOB |0    |1      |Int_yyparse
[61]    |         0|       4|OBJT |GLOB |0    |2      |num_tuples_read

ld -r -o SUBSYS.o fmgrtab.o adt/SUBSYS.o cache/SUBSYS.o error/SUBSYS.o fmgr/SUBSYS.o hash/SUBSYS.o init/SUBSYS.o
misc/SUBSYS.ommgr/SUBSYS.o sort/SUBSYS.o time/SUBSYS.o 
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/utils'
cc -o postgres access/SUBSYS.o bootstrap/SUBSYS.o catalog/SUBSYS.o commands/SUBSYS.o executor/SUBSYS.o lib/SUBSYS.o
libpq/SUBSYS.omain/SUBSYS.o nodes/SUBSYS.o optimizer/SUBSYS.o parser/SUBSYS.o port/SUBSYS.o postmaster/SUBSYS.o
regex/SUBSYS.orewrite/SUB 
SYS.o storage/SUBSYS.o tcop/SUBSYS.o utils/SUBSYS.o ../utils/version.o -lgen -lcrypt -lld -lnsl -lsocket -ldl -lm
-ltermcap-lcurses -lc89  -lc89 -Wl,-Bexport 
Undefined            first referenced
 symbol                  in file
alloca                              bootstrap/SUBSYS.o
UX:ld: ERROR: postgres: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to postgres
gmake[1]: *** [postgres] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2

----
         North Richmond Community Mental Health Center

         Thomas Good   Information Systems Coordinator
         E-Mail:       tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org
         Phone:        718-354-5528
         Fax:          718-354-5056

                 Empowered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2