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PostgresSQL on QNX 4
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This port is an important step because PostgreSQL is now the only free
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relational database with full SQL and ODBC support available for QNX 4.
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The only commercial databases available are Empress RDBMS and Velocis
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Database Server (not supported for Digital Unix).
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The most effort required the emulation of System V semaphore sets,
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shared memory and IPC and of some IEEE floating-point functionality. For
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the Watcom compiler spinlocks have been implemented using POSIX semaphores.
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It is recomended to use the GNU C compiler instead of the Watcom compiler
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because the Watcom compiler doesn't support a int8 datatype (long or
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long long int) and it does not have a C++ frontend.
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It could be managed to build postgres using the Watcom compiler but it crashes
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quite early. These problems probably could be solved. The only advantage would
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be support of Tk and pgaccess. For the Watcom compiler some more modifications
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have to be made which are not described here.
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QNX 4 does not offer native support of shared libraries. Therefore the related
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functionality cannot be used. Shared library support could probably be
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implemented in future.
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QNX 4 does not support UNIX domain sockets. Connections can only be made
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with TCP/IP sockets. Therefore postmaster must always be started with the
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-i option. Furthermore it would be useful to set the PGHOST variable.
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Prerequisites:
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The following prerequisites have been used:
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QNX 4.25
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Watcom C 10.6
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GNU make
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flex-2.5.4a.tar.gz (flex)
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egcs111-qnx4-r20.tar[.gz] (GNU C)
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perl 5.004_04
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tcl8.0.3.tar.Z (Tcl)
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flex can be built without any problems using the Watcom or GNU C compilers.
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GNU C can be installed by
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/etc/install -u egcs111-qnx4-r20.tar[.gz]
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Although Tcl can be built after some slight code changes using the Watcom
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compiler, the GNU C compiler should be used instead. Otherwise it would be
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impossible to link postgres built with GNU C together with libtcl8.0.a built
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with the Watcom compiler.
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To make unix/tclUnixTest.c compilable uncomment
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#include <sys/resource.h>
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in it or
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touch /usr/include/sys/resource.h
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In unix/Makefile.in replace
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( echo cd $(TOP_DIR)/tests\; source all ) | ./tcltest
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by
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( echo cd ../tests\; source all ) | ./tcltest
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After that Tcl can be built and tested as stated in README.
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Tk cannot be built with GNU C due to the lack of a stack version of the
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X11 library. With the Watcom compiler Tk could be built but this is not useful
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because of the link problems mentioned above.
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Therefore the Tk interface and the pgaccess tool cannot be supported for a GNU C
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version of PostgreSQL on QNX 4.
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PostgreSQL:
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On QNX 4 some headers are not in the directories expected. To avoid
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modifications of the code the following links should be made:
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ln -s /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl5
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ln -s /usr/include/errno.h /usr/include/sys/errno.h
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ln -s /usr/include/ioctl.h /usr/include/sys/ioctl.h
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ln -s /usr/src/pgsql/src/backend/port/qnx4/ipc.h /usr/include/sys/ipc.h
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ln -s /usr/src/pgsql/src/backend/port/qnx4/sem.h /usr/include/sys/sem.h
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ln -s /usr/src/pgsql/src/backend/port/qnx4/shm.h /usr/include/sys/shm.h
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For ecgs-2.91.60 the file
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/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-qnx4/egcs-2.91.60/include/g++/stl_alloc.h
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had to be patched (extern "C++" { ... } // extern "C++").
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See attached patch.
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If you use another ecpg version the include/g++ path in Makefile.qnx4
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(CXXFLAGS) has to be adopted.
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If all prerequisites are available postgres can be built and installed by
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cd pgsql/src
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./configure --with-tcl --with-perl --with-x
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gmake all > make.log 2>&1
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gmake install > make.install.log 2>&1
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su
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cd interfaces/perl5
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gmake install
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exit
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All other steps can be carried out as stated in the INSTALL file.
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Make problems:
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Sometimes the Watcom library manager wlib crashes with SIGSEGV on some
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object files. This is a general problem and not PostgreSQL related.
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Currently bootstrap.o causes such a crash. The workaround is not to include
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the object file into the SUBSYS.o but link it directly. For further information
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see backend/Makefile and backend/bootstrap/Makefile.
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libpgsql.a currently cannot be generated because of the same problem. But this
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doesn't matter since shared libraries are not supported.
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Currently yacc fails on backend/parser/gram.y and
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interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y due to exceeded maximum table size. You can
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generate the gram.h, parse.h, preproc.h and preproc.c files on another platform
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and use them. This is only a problem when you use the current source tree since
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parse.h, gram.c, preproc.h and preporc.c are included in official
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distributions.
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Regression tests:
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-----------------
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The majority of regression tests succeeded. The following tests failed:
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geometry:
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Some slight deviation in the last digit and "0" instead of "-0".
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Can be ignored.
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timestamp, tinterval, abstime, horology:
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Differences for years outside the normal Unix range, e.g. 1968
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instead of 2105
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Can be ignored.
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rules:
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"ERROR: Bad money external representation ..."
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if a value of type money is inserted in string representation e.g. as in
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"insert into rtest_emp values ('wiech', '5000.00');"
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Subject of further investigation.
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create_function_2, triggers, misc, plpgsql:
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Error messages due to the lack of shared library support.
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numeric, numeric_big, sanity_check:
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"ERROR: Cannot create unique index. Table contains non-unique values"
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This error occurs for indices of tables num_exp_add, num_exp_sub,
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num_exp_div and num_exp_mul only.
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Subject of further investigation. Probably because of the missing indices
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these numeric tests take a long time.
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The diffence in sanity_check.out is a consequence of this problem only.
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The reached state of this port should be sufficient for lot of applications.
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Have fun!
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Andreas Kardos
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kardos@repas-aeg.de
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2000-04-04
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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*** ./stl_alloc.h.orig Sat Feb 28 05:17:28 1998
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--- ./stl_alloc.h Tue Nov 23 04:14:09 1999
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***************
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*** 120,125 ****
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--- 120,126 ----
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#pragma set woff 1174
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#endif
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+ extern "C++" {
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// Malloc-based allocator. Typically slower than default alloc below.
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// Typically thread-safe and more storage efficient.
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#ifdef __STL_STATIC_TEMPLATE_MEMBER_BUG
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***************
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*** 682,687 ****
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--- 683,689 ----
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# endif
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#endif /* ! __USE_MALLOC */
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+ } // extern "C++"
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#if defined(__sgi) && !defined(__GNUC__) && (_MIPS_SIM != _MIPS_SIM_ABI32)
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#pragma reset woff 1174
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