Re: pgmonitor on solaris

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Eckermann <jeckermann(at)verio(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Roberto João Lopes Garcia <roberto(at)mha(dot)com(dot)br>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgmonitor on solaris
Date: 2001-03-26 16:15:26
Message-ID: 200103261615.LAA12670@candle.pha.pa.us
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Can someone suggest what it is failing on in Solaris? Can you put #
before each line starting from the top until the error goes away so I
can know the cause. Comment out one line, try it, then remove the
comment and try the next line until it doesn't fail.

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> The problem is that Solaris uses the "original" version of Awk by default
> (apparently nobody knows why).
> This version lacks many features which have been available in later versions
> for approximately forever (in computing chronology :-)).
> Two other versions exist on Solaris:
> * "nawk" ("new awk", i.e. the updated "old awk")
> * /usr/xpg4/bin/awk (another, posix-compliant awk).
> Solaris seems to be weird this way. Other platforms don't seem to have this
> problem. Linux and FreeBSD, for example, use GNU awk, which would have all
> of the required functionality and more.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [SMTP:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 3:46 PM
> > To: Tom Lane
> > Cc: Roberto Jo?o Lopes Garcia; pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] pgmonitor on solaris
> >
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