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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.3
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HP-UX Specific
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TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
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last updated: $Date: 2002/11/02 00:46:23 $
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current maintainer: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us)
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original author: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us)
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Questions covered here:
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1.1) What do I need to install PostgreSQL on HP-UX?
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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 HP-UX?
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PostgreSQL 7.3 should work on Series 700/800 PA-RISC machines running
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HP-UX 10.X or 11.X, given appropriate system patch levels and build
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tools. At least one developer routinely tests on HPUX 10.20 and we
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have reports of successful installations on HPUX 11.00 and 11.11.
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Aside from the PostgreSQL source distribution, you will need GNU make
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(HP's make will not do), and either GNU gcc or HP's full ANSI C compiler.
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If you intend to build from CVS sources rather than a distribution tarball,
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you will also need flex (GNU lex) and bison (GNU yacc).
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I'd also recommend making sure you are fairly up-to-date on HP
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patches. At a minimum, if you are building 64 bit binaries on on HPUX
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11.11 you may need PHSS_26263 (11.11) or a successor patch otherwise
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initdb may hang:
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PHSS_26263 s700_800 11.11 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch
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On general principles you should be current on libc and ld/dld
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patches, as well as compiler patches if you are using HP's C compiler.
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See HP's support sites such as http://itrc.hp.com and
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ftp://us-ffs.external.hp.com/ for free copies of their latest patches.
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1.2) Anything special about the build/install procedure?
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If you have both HP's C compiler and GCC's, then you might want to
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explicitly select the compiler to use when you run `configure':
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CC=cc ./configure
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for HP's C compiler, or
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CC=gcc ./configure
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for GCC. If you omit this setting, then configure will pick gcc
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if it has a choice.
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The default install target location is /usr/local/pgsql, which
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you might want to change to something under /opt. If so, use
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the --prefix switch to configure.
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If you are building on a PA-RISC 2.0 machine and want the compiled
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binaries to run on PA-RISC 1.1 machines you will need to specify
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+DAportable in CFLAGS.
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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 HPUX
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and the regression test reference platform used by the PostgreSQL
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group. All of these should be compensated for by the regression test
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comparison mechanism, with the possible exception of some
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low-order-digit differences in the geometry tests, which vary depending
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on which compiler and math library versions you use.
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Any other error is cause for suspicion.
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The parallel regression test script (gmake check) is known to lock up
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when run under HP's Bourne shells: /usr/bin/sh and /sbin/sh. This is a
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known defect JAGad84609, the fix for which is not yet in any released
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HP-UX version or shell patches. To work around it, use ksh to run the
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regression script:
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gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check
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If you see that the tests have stopped making progress and only a shell
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process is consuming CPU, kill the shell process and start over with the
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above command.
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