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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
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IRIX Specific
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TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
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last updated: $Date: 2001/12/03 19:33:35 $
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current maintainer: Luis Amigo (lamigo@atc.unican.es)
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original author: Luis Amigo (lamigo@atc.unican.es)
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Questions covered here:
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1.1) What do I need to install PostgreSQL on IRIX?
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1.2) Anything special about the build/install procedure?
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1.3) OK, it seemed to build and install, but the regression test fails.
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Section 1: Installing PostgreSQL
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1.1) What do I need to install PostgreSQL on IRIX?
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PostgreSQL 7.2 has been run on MIPS r8000, r10000(both ip25 and ip27)
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and r12000(ip35) processors, running IRIX 6.5.5m, 6.5.12 and 6.5.13 with
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MIPSPro compilers version 7.30, 7.3.1.2m and 7.3.
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Aside from the PostgreSQL source distribution, you will need GNU make
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(SGI's make will not do), and MIPSPro full ANSI C compiler.
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Until now there are problems trying to install with GNU's gcc, it is a known
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gcc bug (not fixed at current date, version 3.0) using functions that return
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some kind of structures. This bug affects functions like inet_ntoa,
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inet_lnaof, inet_netof, inet_makeaddr and semctl. It is supposed to be fixed
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by forcing code to link those functions with libgcc, but this has not been
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tested yet.
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1.2) Anything special about the build/install procedure?
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In order to compile with cc you will need to:
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configure with-CC=cc
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Or you may edit postgres.../src/templates/irix5
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including something like:
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CC=cc
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CFLAGS='-O2'
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LDFLAGS='-O2'
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It is a good place to improve performance on postgresql, because here you
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may use all MIPSPro power generating specific objects, see man cc.
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Other known problem is include location, it may be different from some
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compiler installations to others, if you are getting something like:
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cc-1020 cc: ERROR File = pqcomm.c, Line = 427
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The identifier "TCP_NODELAY" is undefined.
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if (setsockopt(port->sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
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Some versions include TCP definitions in <sys/xti.h>, so it is necessary to
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add #include <sys/xti.h> in /src/backend/libpq/pqcomm.c and in
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src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
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1.3) OK, it seemed to build and install, but the regression test fails.
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There are several "expected failures" due to differences between your platform
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and the regression test reference platform used by the PostgreSQL group. All
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of these should be compensated for by the regression test comparison
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mechanism, with the possible exception of some low-order-digit differences in
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the geometry tests (depending on which FPU are you using) or order differences
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between zero and NULL in join tests(depending on compiler version).
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Any other error is cause for suspicion.
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