Re: [HACKERS] Re: UnixWare

On 17-Jun-99 Thomas Good wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
>
>> On 17-Jun-99 Andrew Merrill wrote:
>> > compile and run on SCO UnixWare 7, the current version.
>
>> > I have not been able to compile PostgreSQL 6.5 (or any other version) on
>> > UnixWare 2. The main problem seems to be that PostgreSQL uses alloca,
>> > and I can't find the alloca.h header on my UnixWare 2 system.
>
> Ouch! Wrong! I am running UnixWare 2.1.2 and PostgreSQL 6.3.2
> with good effect. In my shop we are saddled with a legacy SCO box that
> I will not be sinking any additional monies into. (We don't plan to
> buy any other SCO products having already purchased enough to draw
> a conclusion or two. ;-)
>
> Anyway, rhetoric aside, here is my log on how I compiled using the
> stock compiler. Many thanks to Bruce Momjian who walked me through this.

I keep it simple (for 6.5 release)!
I patch configure.in

sysv4.2*)
case "$host_vendor" in
univel) os=univel need_tas=no ;;
+ pc) os=uw2 need_tas=no ;;
*) os=unknown need_tas=no ;;
esac ;;

and setup apropriate template and port/* files

Template really could be set to "unixware", but I have strange directory
/udk/usr/ .... where all libraries and includes reside.

gmake ofcause should be installed, but I use gmake for my-own
development so it don't case trouble.

I receive strange lex error
ex scan.l
"scan.l":line 55: Error: Invalid request %x IN_STRING IN_COMMENT
gmake: *** [pl_scan.c] Error 1

scan.l:55
%x IN_STRING IN_COMMENT

What it means?

I'm going to install flex.

> Kak dela Dmitri, and good luck with this. Remember Bruce M is a valuable
> resource and I will also try to help you as much as I am able before you
> feel a need to throw money at SCO.

Thanks alot for good wishes!
We don't plan to spend many for SCO, but old UW is part
of Lucent Voice-over-IP solution and I need to
do some magic with UW to make it managable by our support dept.

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