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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Postgres95
=====================================================
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgresSQL V6.0
IRIX Specific
TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
====================================================
last updated: Fri Oct 25 18:40:00 BST 1996
=====================================================
last updated: Wed Jan 29 21:25:00 GMT 1997
current maintainer: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
original author: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new, - = removed):
-0.*) Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08
*1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in
src/Makefile.global?
*1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
src/Makefile.custom?
*1.4) Are there any other changes I should make?
This file is divided approximately as follows:
1.*) Installing Postgres95
@ -45,15 +45,17 @@ Section 1: Installing Postgres95
support).
b) tcl/tk (if you wish to compile pgtclsh)
1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global?
1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
src/Makefile.custom?
The easiest way to do this is to use the customize script in
the src directory.
You *must* set the following variables:
PORTNAME= irix5
IPCSDIR= /usr/sbin
You will also need to change the following to match your own
installation:
SRCDIR
POSTGRESDIR
If you switch on the USE_TCL option, you will need to set these:
@ -71,16 +73,13 @@ Section 1: Installing Postgres95
src/Makefile.global?
This was a problem in 1.08 (they are Sun Solaris specific).
It is fixed in 1.09.
It is fixed in 1.09 and above.
1.4) Are there any other changes I should make?
If you have installed the GNU install program (ginstall), you
should edit src/mk/port/postgres.mk.irix5
and change the line:
INSTALL=/usr/bin/X11/bsdinst
to
INSTALL=ginstall
should add the following line to src/Makefile.custom:
CUSTOM_INSTALL=ginstall
For an explanation as to why this is a good idea, see Question 2.1
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-shared -o funcs.so funcs.c
****************************************************************************
Dr. Andrew C.R. Martin, University College London & SciTech Software
EMAIL: martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk Tel:(Work) +44(0)171 419 3890
URL: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~martin (Home) +44(0)1372 275775
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====================================================
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Postgres95
=====================================================
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgresSQL V6.0
Linux Specific
TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
====================================================
last updated: Mon Oct 28 10:25:00 BST 1996
=====================================================
last updated: Wed Jan 29 20:16:00 GMT 1997
current maintainer: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
original author: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk)
Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new, - = removed):
-0.*) Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08
*1.3) [REDHAT] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h?
*1.4) [SLACKWARE 3.1] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h?
*1.5) My compile of the backend dies complaining about the include file
dlfcn.h missing
*1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so?
*1.13) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in
src/Makefile.global?
*1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
src/Makefile.custom?
*1.2) Why do I get problems with missing libreadline?
*1.6) GCC complains about an ignored option -fpic
*1.7) I get warnings of the form
warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
*1.8) [SuSE-Linux 4.2] Where is curses and termcap?
*1.11) How do I compile PostgreSQL on an a.out system?
*1.12) Why does make fail with:
yacc -d /disk2/PostgreSQL/src/backend/parser/gram.y
make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file
*1.14) [DEBIAN] Where is libtermcap?
*2.1) The linker fails to find libX11 when compiling pgtclsh
+3.6) Why does psql fail with:
psql: can't load library 'libpq.so.1'
-4.*) Spurious problems
This file is divided approximately as follows:
1.*) Installing Postgres95
1.*) Installing PostgreSQL
2.*) Compiling accessory programs
3.*) Runtime Problems
4.*) Spurious Problems in Need of Verification
Questions answered:
1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global
1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
src/Makefile.custom?
1.2) Why do I get problems with missing libreadline?
1.3) [REDHAT] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h?
1.4) [SLACKWARE 3.1] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h?
@ -40,9 +47,9 @@ Questions answered:
1.8) [SuSE-Linux 4.2] Where is curses and termcap?
1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so?
1.10) Why do I get `yy_flush_buffer undefined' errors?
1.11) How do I compile Postgres95 on an a.out system?
1.11) How do I compile PostgreSQL on an a.out system?
1.12) Why does make fail with:
yacc -d /disk2/postgres95/src/backend/parser/gram.y
yacc -d /disk2/PostgreSQL/src/backend/parser/gram.y
make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file
1.13) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in
src/Makefile.global?
@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ Questions answered:
dumped)'
3.3) When I try to start the Postmaster, why do I get an error of the form
Failed Assertion("!(file != 0):(null)", File:
"/usr/local/postgres95/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257)
"/usr/local/PostgreSQL/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257)
!(file != 0) (0)
initdb: could not create template database
initdb: cleaning up.
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IpcMemoryCreate: memKey=155356396 , size=760632 ,
permission=384IpcMemoryCreate: shmget(..., create, ...)
failed: Invalid argument
3.6) Why does psql fail with:
psql: can't load library 'libpq.so.1'
4.1) Why doesn't the postmaster start the first time?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 1: Compiling Postgres95
Section 1: Compiling PostgreSQL
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global
1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global or
src/Makefile.custom?
You *must* set the following variables:
These changes are most easily made by running the customize
shell script in the src directory which will write a
Makefile.custom for you.
If you do it by hand, you *must* set the following variable:
PORTNAME= linux
You will also need to change the following to match your own
installation:
SRCDIR
POSTGRESDIR
If you switch on the USE_TCL option, you will need to set these:
@ -108,8 +121,9 @@ Section 1: Compiling Postgres95
1.2) Why do I get problems with missing libreadline?
Linux systems generally don't come with the GNU readline library
installed. Either comment out the USE_READLINE variable in
src/Makefile.global or install the GNU readline library.
installed. Either ensure you do not activate the readline options
in src/Makefile.global or src/Makefile.custom or install the GNU
readline library.
Note that Debian Linux (like FreeBSD) does come with readline
installed.
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If you are using an ELF version of Linux, this can safely be
ignored as -fPIC is the default.
You can correct this by editing
src/mk/port/postgres.mk.linux
You can correct this by editing src/Makefile.global and
changing CFLAGS_SL
1.7) I get warnings of the form
warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
These can safely be ignored
These were seen in earlier versions of Postgres95 and could
safely be ignored. PostgreSQL V6.0 should compile with no warnings
except those related to system header files (which can also
be safely ignored).
1.8) [SuSE-Linux 4.2] Where is curses and termcap?
SuSE-Linux has ncurses but not curses. Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and
Change
LIBCURSES= -lcurses
to
LIBCURSES= -lncurses
SuSE-Linux has ncurses but not curses. Set the value of CURSES_LIB
in src/Makefile.custom to -lncurses (or do this through the
customize script).
SuSE-Linux has the termcap library is in /usr/lib/termcap instead of
in /usr/lib
Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and
Change
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
LD_ADD += -ltermcap
else
to
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
LD_ADD += -L/usr/lib/termcap -ltermcap
else
in /usr/lib. If you have a problem, you need to add the following
line to src/Makefile.custom:
LDADD_BE+= -L/usr/lib/termcap
You may need to edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and comment out the
change:
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
LD_ADD+= -ltermcap
to:
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
LD_ADD+=
In fact, since ncurses uses terminfo rather than termcap, it should
be possible to change this line to
LD_ADD +=
since you shouldn't need the termcap library.
1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so?
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This isn't really Linux specific, but is common on older Linux
installations. You must have a recent version of flex (2.5.2 or later)
to compile Postgres95. Note that flex 2.5.3 has a bug: see
to compile PostgreSQL. Note that flex 2.5.3 has a bug: see
Question 3.4.
1.11) How do I compile Postgres95 on an a.out system?
1.11) How do I compile PostgreSQL on an a.out system?
First, you must install the dld library. This may be obtained
from Sunsite as:
Linux/libs/dld.3.2.7.tar.gz
Second, comment out the LINUX_ELF line in src/mk/port/postgres.mk.linux
Second, add the following line to src/Makefile.custom:
LINUX_ELF=
(or use the customize script)
1.12) Why does make fail with:
yacc -d /disk2/postgres95/src/backend/parser/gram.y
yacc -d /disk2/PostgreSQL/src/backend/parser/gram.y
make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file
This was a problem in earlier versions of Postgres95. The default
for PostgreSQL is to use bison -y rather than yacc.
yacc is generally implemented as a script which invokes bison -y
For some reason (certain versions of make? certain versions of
bash?) make is unable to execute this script file.
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src/Makefile.global?
This was a problem in 1.08 (they are Sun Solaris specific).
It is fixed in 1.09.
It is fixed in 1.09 and 6.0
1.14) [DEBIAN] Where is libtermcap?
Debian Linux comes without the termcap library and uses ncurses
(which uses terminfo instead). There is no need to change the
LIBCURSES variable in src/bin/psql/Makefile since Debian provides
CURSES_LIB variable in src/bin/psql/Makefile since Debian provides
a link from libncurses to libcurses (unlike SuSE-Linux --- see
Question 1.8).
Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and change:
You may need to edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and comment out the
change:
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
LD_ADD += -ltermcap
else
to
LD_ADD+= -ltermcap
to:
ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux)
CFLAGS +=
else
LD_ADD+=
----------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -320,9 +333,7 @@ Section 2: Compiling accessory programs
2.1) The linker fails to find libX11 when compiling pgtclsh
Modify the src/Makefile.global to change
X11_LIBDIR = /usr/lib
to
Add the following to src/Makefile.custom
X11_LIBDIR = /usr/X11R6/lib
@ -334,18 +345,19 @@ Section 3: Runtime Problems
running scripts like createuser
This is a bug in V1.06-V1.07 of Postgres and is fixed in V1.08
and above.
3.2) I run postmaster and after that system says 'Bad system call(Core
dumped)'
This indicates that you have no compiled shared memory support
This indicates that you have not compiled shared memory support
into your kernel. You need to recompile the Linux kernel to add this
feature.
3.3) When I try to start the Postmaster, why do I get an error of the form
Failed Assertion("!(file != 0):(null)", File:
"/usr/local/postgres95/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257)
"/usr/local/PostgreSQL/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257)
!(file != 0) (0)
initdb: could not create template database
initdb: cleaning up.
@ -375,36 +387,16 @@ Section 3: Runtime Problems
You haven't build IPC support into your Linux kernel. You
will have to rebuild the kernel and switch on this option.
3.6) Why does psql fail with:
psql: can't load library 'libpq.so.1'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 4: Spurious Problems in Need of Verification
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Psql has been compiled to link dynamically with the libpq
library.
4.1) Why doesn't the postmaster start the first time?
Pawko Olszewski <alder@amg.com.pl> reported a problem that, using
Linux kernel 2.0.18, the postmaster wouldn't start the first time
it is run using
postmaster -B 256
but if run as
postmaster -B 64
killed and then restarted as
postmaster -B 256
everything was OK.
I haven't been able to repeat this problem! Nobody else has
reported anything similar.
****************************************************************************
Dr. Andrew C.R. Martin, University College London & SciTech Software
EMAIL: martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk Tel:(Work) +44(0)171 419 3890
URL: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~martin (Home) +44(0)1372 275775
****************************************************************************
To solve this, you should log in as root and edit the file
/etc/ld.so.conf
Add a single line at the end which gives the name of the
PostgreSQL library directory (the lib subdirectory of your
PostgreSQL installation) and run
/sbin/ldconfig