Re: Lessons learned on how to build 7.0.2 on AIX 4.x - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

>> 1) First of all, you can't use IBM's make utility, gotta use GNU make.
>
>Quoth the installation instructions:
>
>"Building PostgreSQL requires GNU make. It will not work with other make
>programs."

Yes I was just making sure all of the AIX instructions were combined. :)

>> you have to use the command:
>>
>> ./configure --with-template=aix_gcc
>
>That has got to be a bug. The configure script should look for gcc
>first. Can you show the relevant lines of configure output (checking for
>cc... etc), when you don't use that option?

It hung up on line 1226.  I just tested this again and can confirm, it will
not find gcc unless I explicitly use this switch.  The output from
config.log is:

configure:1102: checking for gcc
configure:1215: checking whether the C compiler
(xlc -qmaxmem=16384 -qhalt=w -qs
rcmsg -qlanglvl=extended -qlonglong ) works
configure:1231: xlc -o
conftest -qmaxmem=16384 -qhalt=w -qsrcmsg -qlanglvl=exten
ded -qlonglong   conftest.c  1>&5
./configure[1230]: xlc:  not found
configure: failed program was:

#line 1226 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

main(){return(0);}

>> Making postgres.imp
>>  ./backend/port/aix/mkldexport.sh postgres /usr/local/bin > postgres.imp
nm: postgres: 0654-200 Cannot open the specified file.
>>  nm: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
>>
>> This is apparently a bug in the make scripts for Postgres.
>
>Can you describe how to fix it? The AIX shared library stuff is an enigma
>to me.

Well, all I did was do gmake in another directory (./src/backend) and then I
copy the postgres.imp file from that directory back to ./src, and then the
make can continue OK.  So its got to be a simple bug in the makefile for
./src that works when you build postgres.imp in another directory.  I don't
know my way around makefiles except for the very basics, so I'm sorry I
can't help more... I'll run more tests if you'd like, let me know what you'd
like to see.

>
>> I hand edited the Makefile.global file in ./src and commented out the
>> line "HAVE_Cplusplus=true"
>
>Quoth configure --help:
>
>"  --without-CXX           prevent building C++ code"

Ah, you are wise. :)  Yes, that switch is better.  BUT, since I do have g++
installed and working, why can't the C++ code be built in the first place?

>
>
>> Oh, and as the make output scrolled by, I see that it failed as well
>> building some plpsql stuff, but it was non fatal.
>
>If it failed then it was fatal, and vice versa. Please elaborate.

Here is an excerpt from stdout/err when I do a gmake all from ./src.  You'll
notice that it starts to build plpgsql and then dies, but the make
continues.  I don't know if this is vital (the procedure stuff?)- I haven't
tried actually doing anything with Postgres yet but I do have postmaster
running, I created a database, and I can connect to it.  Of course, the
regression test failed because I don't have plpgsql!  Anyway, here's the
except:

gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl/plpgsql'
gmake -C src all
gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl/plpgsql/src'
../../../backend/port/aix/mkldexport.sh libplpgsql.a /usr/local/pgsql/lib >
libp
lpgsql.exp
ld -H512 -bM:SRE -bI:../../../backend/postgres.imp -bE:libplpgsql.exp -o
libplpg
sql.so libplpgsql.a -lPW -lcrypt -lld -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcurses  -lc
ld: 0711-327 WARNING: Entry point not found: __start
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: CurrentMemoryContext
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .MemoryContextAlloc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .MemoryContextFree
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .MemoryContextRealloc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .elog
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SearchSysCacheTuple
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .textout
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .nameout
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .fmgr_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .int2in
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_connect
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: CurrentTriggerData
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_finish
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: Warn_restart
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_palloc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .textin
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .namein
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .get_temp_rel_by_physicalname
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_gettypeid
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_copytuple
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: SPI_processed
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: SPI_tuptable
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: fmgr_pl_finfo
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_fnumber
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_getvalue
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_prepare
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_saveplan
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_getbinval
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_execp
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .heap_formtuple
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .newNode
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_push
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .ExecEvalExpr
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .SPI_pop
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .length
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.
gmake[3]: *** [libplpgsql.so] Error 8
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl/plpgsql/src'
gmake[2]: [all] Error 2 (ignored)
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl/plpgsql'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/postgresql-7.0.2/src/pl'
All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.

I hope this helps!

-Richard