Bruce, My apologies. The file I worked with was from the postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz. I had started out with the latest (7.2.1) tar, but after various failures rolled back to the 7.1.3 source, since I found evidence on the net that somebody had succeeded in building that on Solaris. I lost track of that change in source over the holiday weekend. It looks like 7.2.1 has it right.
Even so, I have not yet fully succeeded in building with the 7.2.1 source. Using GCC, I got a running postgres, but failed to get pgaccess to work. I think that may be due to a corrupt libssl.so, but have not gone back to verify this. Using Sun tools, the compilation succeeded, but I got a WriteControlFile failure (File exists) when running "make check", which I never could diagnose. So now I have a fully working 7.1.3 build, and I am tempted to leave well enough alone. Are the changes in 7.2.1 worth yet another build attempt? Richard P.S. Thanks for your reply. I have your book right next to me. On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > In current CVS I see this, which looks fine. Does yours look the same? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ifeq ($(PORTNAME), solaris) > shlib := > lib$(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX).$(SO_MAJOR_VERSION).$(SO_MINOR_ > VERSION) > ifndef cplusplus > ifeq ($(GCC), yes) > LINK.shared = $(CC) -shared > else > LINK.shared = $(CC) -G > endif > else > ifeq ($(GXX), yes) > LINK.shared = $(CXX) -shared > else > LINK.shared = $(CXX) -G > endif > endif > ifeq ($(with_gnu_ld), yes) > LINK.shared += -Wl,-soname,$(soname) > else > LINK.shared += -h $(soname) > endif > endif > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Richard Cook ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 2 > > The lower the number the more severe it is. > > > > Short Description > > Wrong shlib flag for GCC compilation on Solaris > > > > Long Description > > In the file .../src/Makefile.shlib, line 178, the "-G" flag is set for compilation >of shared libraries on Solaris. This is okay if you are using the Sun toolset. >Unfortunately GCC needs the flag "-shared" instead. The symptom that reveals this is >that pgaccess won't work because libpgtcl.so contains the "main" symbol. My >workaround was to edit in the new flag. Somebody on the team might want to modify >the Makefile to account for use of the gcc toolset. This defect set me back three >days. Please don't let anyone else suffer through this. It might be well to post it >as a known problem on Solaris. > > > > Sample Code > > > > > > No file was uploaded with this report > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
