v814 + OSX10.4.6 builds OK, but fails launch ...

Richard <openmacnews@gmail.com> writes:

LOG: 00000: could not read symbolic link "postmaster"
LOCATION: resolve_symlinks, exec.c:338
FATAL: XX000: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: could not locate my
own executable path
LOCATION: PostmasterMain, postmaster.c:435

known?

Nope, and we do have OS X machines in the buildfarm, so I think we'd
have noticed if there were a generic problem. I don't recall any recent
changes in that area of the code, either. Have you built PG
successfully before on this same machine? If so, what was the last
version that worked for you? Is there anything out of the ordinary
about the filesystem or directory path you installed PG on?

regards, tom lane

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hi tom,

LOG: 00000: could not read symbolic link "postmaster"
LOCATION: resolve_symlinks, exec.c:338
FATAL: XX000: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: could not locate my
own executable path
LOCATION: PostmasterMain, postmaster.c:435

known?

Nope, and we do have OS X machines in the buildfarm, so I think we'd
have noticed if there were a generic problem. I don't recall any recent
changes in that area of the code, either. Have you built PG
successfully before on this same machine?

repeatedly. on this machine, and a variety of others similarly
configured ...

If so, what was the last version that worked for you?

v8.1.3 on all boxes. i can currently successfully (re)build 813 on this
box now, with no such problems ...

Is there anything out of the ordinary
about the filesystem or directory path you installed PG on?

'out of the ordinary' ... well, not from my perspective, or from that,
apparently, of v813.

cheers,

richard

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Richard <openmacnews@gmail.com> writes:

If so, what was the last version that worked for you?

v8.1.3 on all boxes. i can currently successfully (re)build 813 on this
box now, with no such problems ...

Curious. I just rebuilt/tested CVS HEAD successfully on my own 10.4.6
laptop ... I'll try REL8_1_STABLE next, but I'll be *really* surprised
if it fails. There's got to be something odd about your configuration.
Look at PATH and so forth. Look at the postmaster -> postgres symlink;
is it where it's supposed to be?

regards, tom lane

Richard wrote:

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hi all,

i've working built-from-source v813 installs on OSX 10.4.6.

staring with a clean 814 src tree, a similarly-config'd build completes
without error:

% postmaster --version
postmaster (PostgreSQL) 8.1.4

but, on executable launch, if fails w/ @ postgresql.log:

LOG: 00000: could not read symbolic link "postmaster"
LOCATION: resolve_symlinks, exec.c:338
FATAL: XX000: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: could not locate my
own executable path
LOCATION: PostmasterMain, postmaster.c:435

known? suggestion?

Well it looks like the symlink to /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster is broken.

Joshua D. Drake

cheers,

richard

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tom,

v8.1.3 on all boxes. i can currently successfully (re)build 813 on this
box now, with no such problems ...

Curious.

yup.

I just rebuilt/tested CVS HEAD successfully on my own 10.4.6

laptop ...

good to know ...

I'll try REL8_1_STABLE next, but I'll be *really* surprised
if it fails. There's got to be something odd about your configuration.
Look at PATH and so forth.

checking 'by the numbers' ...

the problem exists on four different boxes

admittedly, they're all similarly configured ...

fwiw, v813 is OK on all boxes.

Look at the postmaster -> postgres symlink;
is it where it's supposed to be?

seems to be:

/usr/local/pgsql/bin > ls -al postmaster
lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 8 2006-05-24 07:48 postmaster -> postgres

i'll let you know if i find anything; please do the same ...

richard

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Richard <openmacnews@gmail.com> writes:

Look at the postmaster -> postgres symlink;
is it where it's supposed to be?

seems to be:

/usr/local/pgsql/bin > ls -al postmaster
lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 8 2006-05-24 07:48 postmaster -> postgres

Hm, is it significant that that symlink is set for no access by world?
I don't remember if Darwin enforces access bits on symlinks, but check
to see if your 8.1.3 installation has identical privileges for the
symlink.

regards, tom lane

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/usr/local/pgsql/bin > ls -al postmaster
lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 8 2006-05-24 07:48 postmaster -> postgres

Hm, is it significant that that symlink is set for no access by world?

hmmm, too.

I don't remember if Darwin enforces access bits on symlinks, but check
to see if your 8.1.3 installation has identical privileges for the
symlink.

will do ... gonna rebuild clean. been monkeying around too much
tracking this down.

fwiw,

make check
======================
All 98 tests passed.
======================

grumble ...

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On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:45:57PM -0700, Richard wrote:

/usr/local/pgsql/bin > ls -al postmaster
lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 8 2006-05-24 07:48 postmaster -> postgres

How did that happen. I was always under the impression that permission
bits on symbolic links were ignored, and chmod on my machine (linux)
won't let me change them anyway, it changes the bits on the underlying
file. Is OSX different here?

Have a nice day,
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