@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
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Sun Solaris specific
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to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
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============================================================
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- last updated: $Date: 2001/12/10 13:02:20 $
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+ last updated: $Date: 2002/01/18 20:56:17 $
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current maintainer: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
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@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Contents:
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1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?
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2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?
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3) Why does configure complain about a failed test program?
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+ 4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
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1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?
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Alternatively, set the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH. See the
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ld(1) man page for more information.
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+ 4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
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+ By default, gcc will build programs that only handle 32-bit file offsets.
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+ This is not a real problem for the server but can easily be trouble for
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+ pg_dump and pg_restore. Before running 'configure', set your CFLAGS variable
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+ to specify support for files with 64-bit offsets. This has been verified
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+ to work on Solaris 7:
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+ CFLAGS="`getconf LFS_CFLAGS`"; export CFLAGS
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