Re: [HACKERS] DEC OSF1 Compilation problems

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:

>Some compilation problem found while compiling
>PostgreSQL-6.4.2 on OSF1 V4.0 878 alpha
>
>1. configure (problem because . not in $PATH)
> 743c743
> < . ./conftest.sh
> ---
> > . conftest.sh

I don't know why this happens in 6.4.2, because it didn't in 6.4.1. You
have applied the right fix/workaround.
>
>2. gram.y did not compile by yacc (on FreeBSD too)
>
># woland(dms)~/postgresql-6.4.2/src/backend/parser>yacc -d gram.y
># yacc: f - maximum table size exceeded
>
>fixed by using bison

I had always used bison. I will add this to the DU FAQ.

>3. src/interfaces/libpq and all dependent sources (like perl5 interface)
>didn't compile because native cc don't support tag const
>fixed by
> #define const
> in apropriate places

The right fix is to add "-std" to the CFLAGS line in template/alpha. This
is already fixed in 6.5 beta.

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