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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml62
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml
index 8e6c95d15c5..c24ed374213 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml
@@ -101,22 +101,6 @@ ld -b -o foo.sl foo.o
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><systemitem class="osname">IRIX</></term>
- <indexterm><primary>IRIX</><secondary>shared library</></>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <acronym>PIC</acronym> is the default, no special compiler
- options are necessary. The linker option to produce shared
- libraries is <option>-shared</option>.
-<programlisting>
-cc -c foo.c
-ld -shared -o foo.so foo.o
-</programlisting>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
<term><systemitem class="osname">Linux</></term>
<indexterm><primary>Linux</><secondary>shared library</></>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index fa9ef177732..2bdb3f10b30 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1637,8 +1637,8 @@ PostgreSQL, contrib and HTML documentation successfully made. Ready to install.
shared libraries. The systems on which this is
<emphasis>not</emphasis> necessary include
<systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</>,
- <systemitem class="osname">HP-UX</>, <systemitem
- class="osname">IRIX</>, <systemitem class="osname">Linux</>,
+ <systemitem class="osname">HP-UX</>,
+ <systemitem class="osname">Linux</>,
<systemitem class="osname">NetBSD</>, <systemitem
class="osname">OpenBSD</>, <systemitem class="osname">Tru64
UNIX</> (formerly <systemitem class="osname">Digital UNIX</>), and
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> can be expected to work on these operating
systems: Linux (all recent distributions), Windows (Win2000 SP4 and later),
- FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, AIX, HP/UX, IRIX, Solaris, Tru64 Unix,
+ FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris, Tru64 Unix,
and UnixWare. Other Unix-like systems may also work but are not currently
being tested. In most cases, all CPU architectures supported by
a given operating system will work. Look in
@@ -2532,62 +2532,6 @@ PHSS_30849 s700_800 u2comp/be/plugin library Patch
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="installation-notes-irix">
- <title>IRIX</title>
-
- <indexterm zone="installation-notes-irix">
- <primary>IRIX</primary>
- <secondary>installation on</secondary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>
- PostgreSQL has been reported to run successfully on MIPS r8000,
- r10000 (both ip25 and ip27) and r12000(ip35) processors, running
- IRIX 6.5.5m, 6.5.12, 6.5.13, and 6.5.26 with MIPSPro compilers
- version 7.30, 7.3.1.2m, 7.3, and 7.4.4m.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You will need the MIPSPro full ANSI C compiler. There are
- problems trying to build with GCC. It is a known GCC bug (not
- fixed as of version 3.0) related to using functions that return
- certain kinds of structures. This bug affects functions like
- <function>inet_ntoa</>, <function>inet_lnaof</>, <function>inet_netof</>, <function>inet_makeaddr</>,
- and <function>semctl</>. It is supposed to be fixed by forcing
- code to link those functions with libgcc, but this has not been
- tested yet.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- It is known that version 7.4.1m of the MIPSPro compiler generates
- incorrect code. The symptom is <quote>invalid primary checkpoint
- record</quote> when trying to start the database.) Version 7.4.4m
- is OK; the status of intermediate versions is uncertain.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- There may be a compilation problem like the following:
-<screen>
-cc-1020 cc: ERROR File = pqcomm.c, Line = 427
- The identifier "TCP_NODELAY" is undefined.
-
- if (setsockopt(port->sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
-</screen>
- Some versions include TCP definitions
- in <filename>sys/xti.h</filename>, so it is necessary to
- add <literal>#include &lt;sys/xti.h&gt;</literal>
- in <filename>src/backend/libpq/pqcomm.c</> and in
- <filename>src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c</>. If you encounter
- this, please let us know so we can develop a proper fix.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- In the regression tests, there might be some low-order-digit
- differences in the geometry tests, depending on which FPU are you
- using. Any other error is cause for suspicion.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
<sect2 id="installation-notes-mingw">
<title>MinGW/Native Windows</title>