From 9e07c9a39cf7471f0d582f02d494572a2aec0409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:18:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that parallel regress script needs to be run under ksh not sh on HPUX. --- doc/FAQ_HPUX | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ_HPUX b/doc/FAQ_HPUX index 63855ea486..801c110b74 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_HPUX +++ b/doc/FAQ_HPUX @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.1 HP-UX Specific TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ ======================================================= -last updated: $Date: 2001/02/20 19:06:16 $ +last updated: $Date: 2001/03/20 00:18:21 $ current maintainer: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) original author: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) @@ -103,3 +103,10 @@ Any other error is cause for suspicion. In particular, if you see failures in the datetime test on HPUX 9, you probably forgot to install the libm patch PHSS_4630 --- see item 1.1 above. +The parallel regression test script (gmake check) is known to lock up +when run under HP's default Bourne shell, at least in HPUX 10.20. This +appears to be a shell bug, not the fault of the script. If you see that +the tests have stopped making progress and only a shell process is +consuming CPU, kill the shell and start over with + gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check +to use ksh instead.