As for the compile problems, on Solaris you need flex, the built-in
lex does not work. I fetched a flex pkg from sunsite.unc.edu, but
you can get it other places and/or compile it yourself.
Since you are running on Solaris, you will need to configure your
kernel to allow more semaphores than the default (60) and probably
more shared memory. Here are my entries from /etc/system, these
allow very large allocations of semaphores and the shared memory can
accommodate at least 128 backend processes.
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=128
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=51
*
set semsys:seminfo_semmap=128
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=128
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=8192
set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=8192
set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=64
set semsys:seminfo_semopm=32
set semsys:seminfo_semume=32
Don't forget to reboot after editing /etc/system.
As for the binary problems, it looks like a shared library link is
missing. I remember some entries in the INSTALL file that refer to
telling your system where to look for the shared libraries, you
might want to try that. When I compiled 6.4.2 on Solaris with all
the default location settings, I did not have to do anything special
for the libraries. I simply did:
./configure --without-CXX
make
make install
...
DwD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Syed Ali
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 1:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ADMIN] errors compiling and errors in binary version
>
>
> hi
> i downloaded the source code and binaries for postfresql
> but am unable
> to use either one
> the following is the error message i get when i try and
> use the binary
> version:
>
> $ uname -a
> SunOS myhost 5.6 Generic_105181-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
> $ cat .profile
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin
> export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/pgsql/man
> export PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> export PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
> export USER=pgsql
>
> $ initdb
>
> ld.so.1: pg_id: fatal: libgen.so.1: open failed: No such file or
> directory
> Unable to determine a valid username. If you are running
> initdb without an explicit username specified, then there
> may be a problem with finding the Postgres shared library
> and/or the pg_id utility.
> $
>
> This is using postgesql v6.4.2
>
> As far as the source code goes, I get the following error:
> make[3]: Entering directory
> `/local/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc'
> /usr/ccs/bin/yacc -d preproc.y
> "preproc.y", line 576: warning: redeclaration of
> precedence of UNLISTEN.
>
> gcc -I../../../include -I../../../backend -Wall
> -Wmissing-prototypes
> -I../include -DMAJOR_VERSION=2 -DMINOR_VERSION=4 -DPATCHLEVEL=4
> -DINCLUDE_PATH=\"/usr/local/pgsql/include\" -c y.tab.c
> -o y.tab.o
> /usr/ccs/bin/yaccpar: In function `yyparse':
> /usr/ccs/bin/yaccpar:274: warning: implicit declaration
> of function
> `yylex'
> /usr/ccs/bin/yaccpar:374: warning: label `yyerrlab'
> defined but not used
>
> /usr/ccs/bin/yaccpar:164: warning: label `yynewstate'
> defined but not
> used
> lex pgc.l
> "pgc.l":line 53: Error: missing translation value
> make[3]: *** [pgc.c] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/local/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/src/pgsql/src/interfaces'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> $
>
> Any leads on how I can solve these problems?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
