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@ -3,19 +3,24 @@ 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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last updated: Mon Oct 14 11:00:00 BST 1996 |
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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): |
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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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*1.14) [DEBIAN] Where is libtermcap? |
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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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0.*) Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08 |
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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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Questions answered: |
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0.1) What bugs do I need to fix before Postgres95 will compile |
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under Linux? |
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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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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 0: Bugs in Postgres95 V1.08 |
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0.1) What bugs do I need to fix before Postgres95 will compile |
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under Linux? |
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a) Fix the bug in src/Makefile.global: |
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Change |
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# Globally pass PORTNAME |
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CFLAGS+= -DPORTNAME_$(PORTNAME) |
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CFLAGS += -I ../../backend/port/$(PORTNAME) |
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to |
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# Globally pass PORTNAME |
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CFLAGS+= -DPORTNAME_$(PORTNAME) |
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CFLAGS += -I../../backend/port/$(PORTNAME) |
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(i.e. remove the space after the -I) |
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b) Add the missing prototype to src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h |
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After the line |
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extern int findLastBuiltinOid(); |
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add |
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extern void setMaxOid(FILE *fout); |
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Section 1: Compiling Postgres95 |
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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. |
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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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You can obtain the library and the header file from: |
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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/packages/GCC/ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz |
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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 1.1. Slackware up to version 3.0 was |
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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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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 1.2. Don't forget that if you are using |
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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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an a.out system you must first have installed the dld package |
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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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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 1.2. You may need to install |
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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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The most recent stable release of the ld package is 1.7.14 |
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@ -273,9 +288,8 @@ Section 1: Compiling Postgres95 |
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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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These are Sun Solaris specific and shouldn't be in Makefile.global |
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The compile (including pgtclsh) seems to go OK even though |
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these don't exist... |
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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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@ -353,6 +367,13 @@ Section 3: Runtime Problems |
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V2.5.3 (supplied in doc/README.flex) or wait for V2.5.4 which |
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will fix the bug. |
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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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You haven't build IPC support into your Linux kernel. You |
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will have to rebuild the kernel and switch on this option. |
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I haven't been able to repeat this problem! Nobody else has |
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reported anything similar. |
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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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Bruce Momjian
29 years ago