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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
Sun Solaris specific
to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
============================================================
-last updated: $Date: 2002/07/15 21:34:04 $
+last updated: $Date: 2002/07/27 20:10:03 $
current maintainer: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ to work on Solaris 7:
On Solaris 7 and older, the 64-bit version of libc has a buggy vsnprintf
routine, which leads to erratic core dumps in PostgreSQL. The simplest known
workaround is to force PostgreSQL to use its own version of vsnprintf rather
-than the library copy. To do this, after you run 'configure' edit two files
+than the library copy. To do this, after you run 'configure' edit a file
produced by configure:
-(1) In src/Makefile.global, change the line
- SNPRINTF =
+In src/Makefile.global, change the line
+ LIBOBJS =
to read
- SNPRINTF = $(top_builddir)/src/backend/port/snprint.o
+ LIBOBJS = snprintf.o
-(2) In src/backend/port/Makefile, add "snprintf.o" to OBJS. (Skip this
-step if you see "$(SNPRINTF)" already listed in OBJS.)
+(There might be other files already listed in this variable. Order
+does not matter.)
Then build as usual.