[BUGS] 7.0RC1 on Linux Alpha

2000-04-18 Thread Denis N. Stepanov


The following confirmed for your 7.0RC1 (except that spinlock stuck arises at
spin.c:116). Please, do smth before the official release comes!

> I just have tested your 7.0beta5. My system is RH Linux 6.1 2.2.14 on Alpha.
> gcc --version says: egcs-2.91.66. I still have two major problems:
> 
> 1. ./configure doesn't recognize my OS. ./config.guess reports:
> alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu
> so ./configure chooses 'linux' and fails.
> 
> 2. I compiled and installed all the stuff successfully using
> ./configure --with-x --with-tcl --with-template=linux_alpha
> 
> Environment is set as follows:
> PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
> PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
> 
> Running initdb causes the following:
> 
> > This database system will be initialized with username "postgres".
> > This user will own all the data files and must also own the server process.
> > 
> > Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
> > Creating database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
> > Creating database XLOG directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
> > Creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
> > 
> > FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
> > 
> > FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.
> > 
> > initdb failed.
> > Removing /usr/local/pgsql/data.
> > Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.32548.
> 
> I faced with exactly the same trouble since PostgreSQL 6.4.
> 
> Sincerely yours,
> 
>   Denis N. Stepanov.
>   BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.




Re: [BUGS] 7.0RC1 on Linux Alpha

2000-04-18 Thread Tom Lane

"Denis N. Stepanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 1. ./configure doesn't recognize my OS. ./config.guess reports:
>> alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu
>> so ./configure chooses 'linux' and fails.

Fixed as of current sources: the first entry of src/template/.similar
now reads
alpha[a-z0-9]*-unknown-linux-gnu=linux_alpha

 FATAL: s_lock(2030d400) at spin.c:115, stuck spinlock. Aborting.

Can't help you with that, since I don't have access to a machine like
yours.  It's fairly likely that the platform-specific code for Alpha in
src/include/storage/s_lock.h or src/backend/storage/buffer/s_lock.c
is not being compiled or is being compiled wrong.  Check whether the
right #define symbols are being set on your platform.  s_lock.c can
be compiled as a stand-alone test program, if you need it.

regards, tom lane