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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:35:17 GMT |
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To: scrappy@ki.net |
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Subject: Irix FAQ |
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Reply-To: martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk |
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==================================================== |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Postgres95 |
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IRIX Specific |
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TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ |
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last updated: Fri Oct 25 18:40:00 BST 1996 |
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current maintainer: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk) |
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original author: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk) |
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Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new, - = removed): |
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-0.*) Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08 |
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*1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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This file is divided approximately as follows: |
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1.*) Installing Postgres95 |
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2.*) Uninstalling Postgres95 |
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3.*) Extending Postgres95 |
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Questions answered: |
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1.1) What extra items do I need to install Postgres95 under Irix? |
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1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global? |
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1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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1.4) Are there any other changes I should make? |
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2.1) Why can't I move the executable files? |
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Section 1: Installing Postgres95 |
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1.1) What extra items do I need to install Postgres95 under Irix? |
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You *must* have the following installed: |
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a) Gnu make (installed as gmake) |
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You are recommended to install the following: |
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a) GNU install (installed as ginstall) |
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You may choose to install the following: |
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a) GNU readline library (if you wish psql to have readline |
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support). |
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b) tcl/tk (if you wish to compile pgtclsh) |
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1.2) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global? |
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You *must* set the following variables: |
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PORTNAME= irix5 |
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IPCSDIR= /usr/sbin |
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You will also need to change the following to match your own |
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installation: |
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SRCDIR |
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POSTGRESDIR |
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If you switch on the USE_TCL option, you will need to set these: |
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TCL_INCDIR= |
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TCL_LIBDIR= |
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TCL_LIB = |
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TK_INCDIR= |
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TK_LIBDIR= |
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TK_LIB = |
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You may also make any other changes you need as documented in |
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the INSTALL file and in Makefile.global |
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1.3) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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This was a problem in 1.08 (they are Sun Solaris specific). |
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It is fixed in 1.09. |
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1.4) Are there any other changes I should make? |
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If you have installed the GNU install program (ginstall), you |
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should edit src/mk/port/postgres.mk.irix5 |
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and change the line: |
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INSTALL=/usr/bin/X11/bsdinst |
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to |
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INSTALL=ginstall |
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For an explanation as to why this is a good idea, see Question 2.1 |
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Section 2: Deinstalling Postgres95 |
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2.1) Why can't I move the executable files? |
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By default, the IRIX port uses the BSD compatible version of |
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install from /usr/bin/X11. If you read the man page for this |
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version of install, you will see that it is not meant for |
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end-user use; it has the interesting side-effect of chowning |
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files it installs to root. |
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You should still be able to delete the files as you (the |
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postgres user) will own the directory in which they are |
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stored. |
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The normal IRIX install program cannot be used easily as it |
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takes its arguments in the reverse order. It is therefore |
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recommended to use the GNU version of install (ginstall). |
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See Question 1.4 |
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Section 3: Extending Postgres95 |
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3.1) How do I compile a C program to create a function for extending |
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Postgres95 |
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Here is a sample command line: |
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cc -I/usr/local/postgres95/include/ -I/usr/local/postgres95/src/backend |
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-shared -o funcs.so funcs.c |
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**************************************************************************** |
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Dr. Andrew C.R. Martin, University College London & SciTech Software |
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EMAIL: martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk Tel:(Work) +44(0)171 419 3890 |
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URL: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~martin (Home) +44(0)1372 275775 |
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**************************************************************************** |
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==================================================== |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Postgres95 |
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Linux Specific |
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TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ |
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==================================================== |
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last updated: Mon Oct 28 10:25:00 BST 1996 |
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current maintainer: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk) |
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original author: Andrew C.R. Martin (martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk) |
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Changes in this version (* = modified, + = new, - = removed): |
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-0.*) Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08 |
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*1.3) [REDHAT] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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*1.4) [SLACKWARE 3.1] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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*1.5) My compile of the backend dies complaining about the include file |
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dlfcn.h missing |
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*1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so? |
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*1.13) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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This file is divided approximately as follows: |
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1.*) Installing Postgres95 |
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2.*) Compiling accessory programs |
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3.*) Runtime Problems |
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4.*) Spurious Problems in Need of Verification |
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Questions answered: |
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1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global |
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1.2) Why do I get problems with missing libreadline? |
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1.3) [REDHAT] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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1.4) [SLACKWARE 3.1] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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1.5) My compile of the backend dies complaining about the include file |
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dlfcn.h missing |
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1.6) GCC complains about an ignored option -fpic |
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1.7) I get warnings of the form |
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warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size |
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1.8) [SuSE-Linux 4.2] Where is curses and termcap? |
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1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so? |
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1.10) Why do I get `yy_flush_buffer undefined' errors? |
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1.11) How do I compile Postgres95 on an a.out system? |
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1.12) Why does make fail with: |
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yacc -d /disk2/postgres95/src/backend/parser/gram.y |
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make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file |
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1.13) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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1.14) [DEBIAN] Where is libtermcap? |
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2.1) The linker fails to find libX11 when compiling pgtclsh |
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3.1) I get an error reporting _fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_ undefined when |
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running scripts like createuser |
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3.2) I run postmaster and after that system says 'Bad system call(Core |
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dumped)' |
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3.3) When I try to start the Postmaster, why do I get an error of the form |
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Failed Assertion("!(file != 0):(null)", File: |
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"/usr/local/postgres95/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257) |
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!(file != 0) (0) |
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initdb: could not create template database |
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initdb: cleaning up. |
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3.4) Why doesn't createuser work? |
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3.5) Why do I get an error like: |
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IpcMemoryCreate: memKey=155356396 , size=760632 , |
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permission=384IpcMemoryCreate: shmget(..., create, ...) |
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failed: Invalid argument |
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4.1) Why doesn't the postmaster start the first time? |
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Section 1: Compiling Postgres95 |
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1.1) What changes do I need to make to src/Makefile.global |
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You *must* set the following variables: |
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PORTNAME= linux |
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You will also need to change the following to match your own |
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installation: |
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SRCDIR |
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POSTGRESDIR |
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If you switch on the USE_TCL option, you will need to set these: |
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TCL_INCDIR= |
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TCL_LIBDIR= |
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TCL_LIB= |
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TK_INCDIR= |
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TK_LIBDIR= |
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TK_LIB= |
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X11_INCDIR= |
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X11_LIBDIR= |
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X11_LIB= |
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On my Slackware3.0 system, these are: |
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TCL_INCDIR= /usr/include/tcl |
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TCL_LIBDIR= /usr/lib |
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TCL_LIB= -ltcl |
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TK_INCDIR= /usr/include/tcl |
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TK_LIBDIR= /usr/lib |
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TK_LIB= -ltk |
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X11_INCDIR= /usr/include/X11 |
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X11_LIBDIR= /usr/X386/lib |
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X11_LIB= -lX11 |
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You may also make any other changes you need as documented in |
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the INSTALL file and in Makefile.global |
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1.2) Why do I get problems with missing libreadline? |
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Linux systems generally don't come with the GNU readline library |
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installed. Either comment out the USE_READLINE variable in |
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src/Makefile.global or install the GNU readline library. |
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Note that Debian Linux (like FreeBSD) does come with readline |
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installed. |
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1.3) [REDHAT] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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The libdl library is used for dynamic linking of user-supplied |
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functions at run-time. For some reason this library was missed out |
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from the Redhat distribution. It seems that the latest Redhat 4.0 |
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(Colgate) fixes this. |
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RedHat now have a new ld.so RPM package on their FTP site. |
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Simply grab: |
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ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/devel/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ld.so-1.7.14-4.i386.rpm |
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Install the RPM file in the usual way and off you go! |
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There has been one report of a corrupted system resulting from |
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programs accessing these libraries while updating them (not |
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altogether surprising). Consequently it is a good idea to reboot |
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the system before installing the new libraries and to |
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have as little running as possible during this upgrade. Going |
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into single-user mode is probably a good idea! |
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If you want to do it the hard way, you can obtain the library and the |
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header file from: |
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ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz |
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Alternatively, you may find precompiled binaries in |
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distributions/debian/buzz/binary-i386/base/ld.so-1.7.14-4.deb |
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on the same site, or follow the instructions given for question 1.2 for |
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correcting the same error with early releases of Slackware 3.1. |
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Don't use this method unless you know what you are doing! |
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1.4) [SLACKWARE 3.1] Why do I get problems with missing libdl and dlfcn.h? |
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See the answer to question 1.3. Slackware up to version 3.0 was |
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supplied with this library and include file and they seem to be |
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back in again in the latest versions of 3.1, but the early 3.1 |
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releases (before 9th September 1996) had them missing and many |
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CD-ROM versions will have been pressed from the first 3.1 releases. |
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There has been one report of a corrupted system resulting from |
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programs accessing these libraries while updating them (not |
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altogether surprising). Consequently it is a good idea to reboot |
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the system before installing the new libraries and to |
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have as little running as possible during this upgrade. Going |
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into single-user mode is probably a good idea! |
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The easiest fix is to obtain the file ldso.tgz from the a4 disk of |
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a more recent Slackware 3.1 distribution and unpack this file |
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from the root (/) directory, then do |
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sh install/doinst.sh |
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to complete the installation. Follow this with |
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ldconfig |
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If you want to install manually, you must first install the file |
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Second, install the file libdl.so.1.7.14 (or whatever the latest |
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release is) in /lib, then do: |
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cd /lib |
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ln -sf libdl.so.1.7.14 libdl.so.1 |
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ln -sf libdl.so.1 libdl.so |
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On some systems (depending on your GCC configuration) it may be |
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necessary to do: |
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cd /usr/lib |
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ln -sf /lib/libdl.so . |
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Finally |
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ldconfig |
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1.5) My compile of the backend dies complaining about the include file |
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dlfcn.h missing |
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See the answer to question 1.3/1.4. Don't forget that if you are using |
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(which is not supplied with most a.out systems) to have dlfcn.h |
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at all. See Question 1.11. |
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1.6) GCC complains about an ignored option -fpic |
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Earlier versions of GCC accepted either -fpic or -fPIC. |
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It appears that more recent versions (V2.7.2?) require -fPIC. |
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If you are using an ELF version of Linux, this can safely be |
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ignored as -fPIC is the default. |
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You can correct this by editing |
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1.7) I get warnings of the form |
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These can safely be ignored |
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1.8) [SuSE-Linux 4.2] Where is curses and termcap? |
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SuSE-Linux has ncurses but not curses. Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and |
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SuSE-Linux has the termcap library is in /usr/lib/termcap instead of |
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Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and |
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Change |
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ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux) |
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else |
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to |
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ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux) |
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LD_ADD += -L/usr/lib/termcap -ltermcap |
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else |
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In fact, since ncurses uses terminfo rather than termcap, it should |
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be possible to change this line to |
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LD_ADD += |
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since you shouldn't need the termcap library. |
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1.9) Why do I get problems with ld.so? |
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If you get problems with ld.so, another library required under |
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ELF for dynamic loading, then you have messed up your installation |
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or (more likely) upgrade of Linux. |
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See the answers to Question 1.3/1.4. You may need to install |
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ld.so.x.y.z in /lib and run ldconfig. |
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1.10) Why do I get `yy_flush_buffer undefined' errors? |
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This isn't really Linux specific, but is common on older Linux |
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installations. You must have a recent version of flex (2.5.2 or later) |
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to compile Postgres95. Note that flex 2.5.3 has a bug: see |
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Question 3.4. |
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1.11) How do I compile Postgres95 on an a.out system? |
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First, you must install the dld library. This may be obtained |
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Linux/libs/dld.3.2.7.tar.gz |
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Second, comment out the LINUX_ELF line in src/mk/port/postgres.mk.linux |
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1.12) Why does make fail with: |
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yacc -d /disk2/postgres95/src/backend/parser/gram.y |
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make: /usr/bin/make: cannot execute binary file |
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yacc is generally implemented as a script which invokes bison -y |
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For some reason (certain versions of make? certain versions of |
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bash?) make is unable to execute this script file. |
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To correct this, simply edit src/mk/port/postgres.mk.linux |
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and, at the end of the file, change: |
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YACC = bison -y |
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1.13) What are the references in X11_LIB to libsocket and libnsl in |
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src/Makefile.global? |
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This was a problem in 1.08 (they are Sun Solaris specific). |
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It is fixed in 1.09. |
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1.14) [DEBIAN] Where is libtermcap? |
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Debian Linux comes without the termcap library and uses ncurses |
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(which uses terminfo instead). There is no need to change the |
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LIBCURSES variable in src/bin/psql/Makefile since Debian provides |
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a link from libncurses to libcurses (unlike SuSE-Linux --- see |
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Question 1.8). |
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Edit src/bin/psql/Makefile and change: |
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ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux) |
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LD_ADD += -ltermcap |
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ifeq ($(PORTNAME), linux) |
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CFLAGS += |
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Section 2: Compiling accessory programs |
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2.1) The linker fails to find libX11 when compiling pgtclsh |
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Modify the src/Makefile.global to change |
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X11_LIBDIR = /usr/lib |
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to |
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X11_LIBDIR = /usr/X11R6/lib |
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Section 3: Runtime Problems |
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3.1) I get an error reporting _fUnKy_POSTPORT_sTuFf_ undefined when |
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running scripts like createuser |
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This is a bug in V1.06-V1.07 of Postgres and is fixed in V1.08 |
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3.2) I run postmaster and after that system says 'Bad system call(Core |
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dumped)' |
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This indicates that you have no compiled shared memory support |
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into your kernel. You need to recompile the Linux kernel to add this |
|
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feature. |
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3.3) When I try to start the Postmaster, why do I get an error of the form |
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Failed Assertion("!(file != 0):(null)", File: |
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"/usr/local/postgres95/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c", Line: 257) |
|
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!(file != 0) (0) |
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initdb: could not create template database |
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initdb: cleaning up. |
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Your permissions on the file /dev/null are wrong. |
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||||||
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||||||
ls -l /dev/null should give you something like: |
|
||||||
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crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Oct 8 18:41 /dev/null |
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Correct the permissions using: |
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chmod a+rw /dev/null |
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3.4) Why doesn't createuser work? |
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||||||
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||||||
There is a problem with Version 2.5.3 of GNU flex and createuser. |
|
||||||
Your options are to downgrade flex to V2.5.2, apply a patch to |
|
||||||
V2.5.3 (supplied in doc/README.flex) or wait for V2.5.4 which |
|
||||||
will fix the bug. |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
3.5) Why do I get an error like: |
|
||||||
IpcMemoryCreate: memKey=155356396 , size=760632 , |
|
||||||
permission=384IpcMemoryCreate: shmget(..., create, ...) |
|
||||||
failed: Invalid argument |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
You haven't build IPC support into your Linux kernel. You |
|
||||||
will have to rebuild the kernel and switch on this option. |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
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|
||||||
Section 4: Spurious Problems in Need of Verification |
|
||||||
---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
4.1) Why doesn't the postmaster start the first time? |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Pawko Olszewski <alder@amg.com.pl> reported a problem that, using |
|
||||||
Linux kernel 2.0.18, the postmaster wouldn't start the first time |
|
||||||
it is run using |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
postmaster -B 256 |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
but if run as |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
postmaster -B 64 |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
killed and then restarted as |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
postmaster -B 256 |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
everything was OK. |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
I haven't been able to repeat this problem! Nobody else has |
|
||||||
reported anything similar. |
|
||||||
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|
||||||
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|
||||||
**************************************************************************** |
|
||||||
Dr. Andrew C.R. Martin, University College London & SciTech Software |
|
||||||
EMAIL: martin@biochem.ucl.ac.uk Tel:(Work) +44(0)171 419 3890 |
|
||||||
URL: http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~martin (Home) +44(0)1372 275775 |
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