Revise platform FAQs.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/doc/FAQ_Solaris b/doc/FAQ_Solaris
index 984f21b0a24..9c769d5f58b 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ_Solaris
+++ b/doc/FAQ_Solaris
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ============================================================
-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
+Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
 Sun Solaris specific
 to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
 ============================================================
-last updated:        $Date: 2002/07/27 20:10:03 $
+last updated:        $Date: 2002/11/11 20:04:05 $
 
 current maintainer:  Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Contents:
 1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?
 2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?
 3) Why does configure complain about a failed test program?
-4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
 5) Why does my 64-bit build sometimes crash?
 
 
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ http://www.sunfreeware.com
 If you prefer sources, look here:
 http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
 
-You can build with either GCC or Sun's compiler suite.  We have heard reports
-of problems when using gcc 2.95.1; gcc 2.95.3 is recommended.  If you are
-using Sun's compiler, be careful *not* to select /usr/ucb/cc; use
-/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc.
+You can build with either GCC or Sun's compiler suite.  We have heard
+reports of problems when using gcc 2.95.1; gcc 2.95.3 or later is
+recommended.  If you are using Sun's compiler, be careful *not* to
+select /usr/ucb/cc; use /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc.
 
 
 2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?
@@ -72,18 +71,7 @@ Alternatively, set the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH.  See the
 ld(1) man page for more information.
 
 
-4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
-
-By default, gcc will build programs that only handle 32-bit file offsets.
-This is not a real problem for the server but can easily be trouble for
-pg_dump and pg_restore.  Before running 'configure', set your CFLAGS variable
-to specify support for files with 64-bit offsets.  This has been verified
-to work on Solaris 7:
-
-     CFLAGS="`getconf LFS_CFLAGS`"; export CFLAGS
-
-
-5) Why does my 64-bit build sometimes crash?
+4) Why does my 64-bit build sometimes crash?
 
 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