I work on it. It will be ready until Friday.
Zdenek
Bruce Momjian wrote:
I have not seen an updated patch for FAQ_Solaris yet.
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Zdenek Kotala wrote:
Rich Teer wrote:
The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2969
Logged by: Rich Teer
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.2.2
Operating system: Solaris 10
Description: Inaccuracies in Solaris FAQ
Details:
Hi there,
First, many thanks for providing the best open source database! I've
spotted a couple of errors/bits of bad advice in doc/FAQ_Solaris, which I
think should be updated.
1. The answer to question 3 (Why does configure complain about a failed test
program?) says to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the directory containing
the missing libs. While this does work (as does the other suggestion of
using LD_RUN_PATH), the correct answer to this question is to include the
library's path in the executable by using the -R flag, thus avoiding the
need for the end user to mess about with environment variables. For
example, I use "LDFLAGS=-R/usr/sfw/lib ./configure ..." to build Postgres
which uses Sun's OpenSSL.
Yes you have right we use -R for official Solaris package as well. Good
comment.
2. The answer to question 8 (Can I use DTrace for tracing PostgreSQL?) says
that Solaris 10u3 or newer is required to handle probes in static functions.
Unfortunately, this is not the case. DTrace can't be enabled when using
update 3 (aka 11/06); the (as yet unreleased) update 4 or newer is
required.
Original plan was release new version of DTrace in the update 3. Thanks
for comment. But if you want to use Dtrace on Solaris 10u3 or older you
can remove static from affected function in the transaction manager. It
is not much clean but it works.
Thanks for the comments and I will prepare a patch asap together with
another improvements.
Thanks Zdenek
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