RE: [GENERAL] RE: [PORTS] AIX-4.2.1 binaries ? more info. PLEASE !

Kapoor, Nishikant X said ...

Well, after a 'make distclean' and a ./configure, the gettimeofday() error
went away. Infact, the ./configure showed that gettimeofday() neeeded two
arguments. BUT, the compilation error is still there and I'm still hoping
that some expert should be able to help me get through this.

The compile error you are getting below is due to a missing header. More
correctly 'configure' has mis-identified that your system has the endian.h
header file. If you are using xlc for the compiler, then use the
following configure command:

./configure --with-template=aix_42 --with-CC=xlc --with-CXX=xlC

Be sure and do a 'make distclean' first! I just did a build using the
above configure. Mind you, I'm using IBM's XLC compiler, not GCC (we
don't have GCC on our system).

IMPORTANT: before doing the configure above, change the template/aix_42
file to have the following line:

YFLAGS:-d -Nm70000

AIX's yacc needs a larger memory array to process the parser grammers. If
you are using GNU's bison or byacc, then don't make the modification
above.

AIX's lex can't handle src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/ecpg.l. Suggest
you get and install flex instead.

Something else to considder. I've seen various problems compiling the
C++ stuff and since I don't use C++ I usually configure with
"--without-CXX".

BTW, the output below looks like you used the 'aix_gcc" template, not the
'aix_42' one. Be sure of which one you are using.

./configure --with-template=aix_42 :
--------------------------------------
gmake -C libpq all
gmake[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/libpq'
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I..
-c be-dumpdata.c
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I..
-c be-fsstubs.c
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I..
-c be-pqexec.c
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I..
-c pqcomprim.c
pqcomprim.c:20: endian.h: No such file or directory
gmake[2]: *** [pqcomprim.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/libpq'
gmake[1]: *** [libpq.dir] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2

Thanks and still waiting for some help.
Nishi

Quick question, but did you doa 'make distclean' before you various
./configure's?

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Kapoor, Nishikant X wrote:

I have used following different configurations for compilation but

without

luck. Can someone PLEASE help me compile it.

Version 6.4.2:
--------------------
./configure --with-template=aix_gcc - following compilation error
./configure --with-template=aix_42 - same compilation error
./configure --with-template=aix_42 --with-CC=xlc - same compilation

error

postgres.c: In function `PostgresMain':
postgres.c:987: warning: implicit declaration of function `strcasecmp'
postgres.c: In function `ResetUsage':
postgres.c:1705: too few arguments to function `gettimeofday'
postgres.c:1702: warning: unused variable `tz'
postgres.c: In function `ShowUsage':
postgres.c:1720: too few arguments to function `gettimeofday'
postgres.c:1716: warning: unused variable `tz'
gmake[2]: *** [postgres.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/tcop'
gmake[1]: *** [tcop.dir] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory

`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend'

gmake: *** [all] Error 2

Just wondering, why do I still see gcc when I have it configured with
"--with-CC=xlc" ?
Could it be because I am using 'gmake all' and not 'make all' ? I tried
'make all' but got the following message:

wsvr:/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src:postgres> make all
You must use GNU make to use Postgres. It may be installed
on your system with the name 'gmake'.

NOTE: If you are sure that you are using GNU make and you are
still getting this message, you may simply need to run
the configure program.

and so, ended up doing 'gmake all'.

Version 6.3.2:
--------------------
And on the same machine i.e. IBM PowerPC with AIX-4.2.1, compiling 6.3.2
gives following error:

./configure --with-template=aix-gcc - following error

gmake -C libpq all
gmake[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/libpq'
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c be-dumpdata.c -o be-dumpdata.o
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c be-fsstubs.c -o be-fsstubs.o
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c be-pqexec.c -o be-pqexec.o
gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -fsigned-chars -Wall
-Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c pqcomprim.c -o pqcomprim.o
pqcomprim.c:20: endian.h: No such file or directory
gmake[2]: *** [pqcomprim.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend/libpq'
gmake[1]: *** [libpq.dir] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory

`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.3.2/src/backend'

gmake: *** [all] Error 2

Hi Nishi,

Here is the exact error I got when I compiled it on my IBM PowerPC

running

AIX-4.2.1.

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql_6_4 --with-template=aix_42 :

If you are going to build with GCC, then you should use the aix_gcc
template, not the aix_42 template. aix_42 is for building with IBM's

xlC

compiler.

Not sure why you're getting too few arguments for gettimeofday().

This

function only takes 1 or 2 parameters (depending on the

implementation;

AIX takes two) Suggest you use the xlC compiler (configure option
--with-CC=xlc) if available.

gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -qchars=signed -qmaxmem=8192

-qhalt=w

-qsrcmsg -qcheck=divzero -qlonglong -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I..
-Wno-error -c postgres.c
gcc: unrecognized option `-qchars=signed'
gcc: unrecognized option `-qmaxmem=8192'
gcc: unrecognized option `-qhalt=w'
gcc: unrecognized option `-qsrcmsg'
gcc: unrecognized option `-qcheck=divzero'
gcc: unrecognized option `-qlonglong'
postgres.c: In function `PostgresMain':
postgres.c:987: warning: implicit declaration of function

`strcasecmp'

postgres.c: In function `ResetUsage':
postgres.c:1705: too few arguments to function `gettimeofday'
postgres.c:1702: warning: unused variable `tz'
postgres.c: In function `ShowUsage':
postgres.c:1720: too few arguments to function `gettimeofday'
postgres.c:1716: warning: unused variable `tz'
gmake[2]: *** [postgres.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/tcop'
gmake[1]: *** [tcop.dir] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory

`/usr/local/src/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend'

gmake: *** [all] Error 2

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