Alexandra Roy wrote:
I have always run "gmake distclean" before relaunching a build.
Maybe the32-bit build failed because I have not set and exported the
"OBJECT_MODE" environment variable.
I will try to build PostgreSQL once again with "export
OBJECT_MODE=32".
I will look at the 32 bit case again.
I continued to test a 64-bit build and finally, I found the
procedure to
do a 64-bit build of PostgreSQL 8.3.8 on AIX 5.3.
As "root" user :
You don't have to be root for this.
# export OBJECT_MODE=64
# export CFLAGS="-maix64"
# export LDFLAGS="-maix64 -Wl,-bbigtoc"
# export AR="ar -X64" => this step was missing in my first test
This should not be necessary - if you look at the man page of "ar"
you will see that the default value of the -X flag is derived
from OBJECT_MODE.
# ./configure
# gmake
All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install.
I'm glad that you got it to compile.
As non-root user :
# gmake check
=======================
All 114 tests passed.
=======================
As "root" user:
# gmake install
PostgreSQL installation complete.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe