My guess is that you are being bitten by a bug we had with the sed scripts in those old releases. Seems newer seds are more prone to trigger that bug. As I remember, it was something about the sed's and backslashes in one of the *.sh files in the backend directory. I don't remember more. Try and find that command, send the script to me, and I will recognize the bug we fixed.
Also, wipe all the dust off that old tarball. :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Scroger wrote: > Greetings, > > I am having problems compiling Postgres 6.4.2 on Solaris 7. > I know, 6.4?, why aren't you using 7.1/7.2. Well, a number > of our clients still use 6.4. We will upgrade them to 7.1/7.2 > later this year. > > In the meantime, I have been given another development box > on which I need to install Postgres 6.4. I have the src tarball, > postgresql-6.4.2.tar. I have run configure and tried making, > using gmake all. The following error arises. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > ------------------------------------ > > gmake[2]: Entering directory > `/usr/share/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/bootstrap' > d bootparse.y > gmake[2]: d: Command not found > gmake[2]: [bootparse.c] Error 127 (ignored) > grep -v "^#" boot.sed > sedfile > sed -f sedfile < y.tab.c > bootparse.c > /bin/sh: y.tab.c: cannot open > gmake[2]: *** [bootparse.c] Error 1 > gmake[2]: Leaving directory > `/usr/share/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/bootstrap' > gmake[1]: *** [bootstrap.dir] Error 2 > gmake[1]: Leaving directory > `/usr/share/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend' > gmake: *** [all] Error 2 > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
