From: Thomas G. Lockhart Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:24:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Cut down to 80 columns per Bruce. Mostly hacked at the porting table. X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_0~25220 X-Git-Url: http://git.osdn.net/view?a=commitdiff_plain;h=abc4059128c6230e7b67e3f3eb4413229aaf72ed;p=pg-rex%2Fsyncrep.git Cut down to 80 columns per Bruce. Mostly hacked at the porting table. --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 26223e4ae7..5ae66b8853 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ + PostgreSQL Installation Guide by The PostgreSQL Development Team -Edited by Thomas Lockhart - -PostgreSQL is © 1996-9 by the Postgres Global Development Group. +PostgreSQL is © 1998-9 by the Postgres Global Development Group. Table of Contents Summary @@ -33,12 +32,6 @@ Table of Contents Multi-Version Concurrency Control Detailed Change List -List of Tables - - 2-1. Supported Platforms - 2-2. Possibly Incompatible Platforms - 4-1. Kerberos Parameter Examples - Summary Postgres, developed originally in the UC Berkeley @@ -76,76 +69,80 @@ Currently Supported Platforms Table 2-1. Supported Platforms OS Processor Version Reported Remarks AIX 4.3.2 RS6000 v6.5 1999-05-26 (Andreas Zeugswetter - (mailto:Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at)) + (mailto:Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at)) BSDI x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Bruce Momjian - (mailto:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) + (mailto:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) FreeBSD x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Tatsuo Ishii - 2.2.x-4.0 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp), - Marc Fournier - (mailto:scrappy@hub.org)) - DGUX m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4 probably OK. Needs new - 5.4R4.11 maintainer. (Brian E Gallew - (mailto:geek+@cmu.edu)) + 2.2.x-4.0 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp), + Marc Fournier + (mailto:scrappy@hub.org)) + DGUX m88k v6.3 1998-03-01 v6.4 probably OK. + 5.4R4.11 Needs new maintainer. + (Brian E Gallew + (mailto:geek+@cmu.edu)) Digital Alpha v6.4 1998-10-29 Minor patchable problems Unix 4.0 (Pedro J. Lobo - (mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es)) - HPUX PA-RISC v6.4 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20 (Tom Lane - (mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us), - Stan Brown - (mailto:stanb@awod.com)) - IRIX 6.5 MIPS v6.4 1998-12-29 IRIX 5.x is different (Mark Dalphin - (mdalphin@amgen.com)) + (mailto:pjlobo@euitt.upm.es)) + HPUX PA-RISC v6.4 1998-10-25 Both 9.0x and 10.20 + (Tom Lane (mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us), + Stan Brown (mailto:stanb@awod.com)) + IRIX 6.5 MIPS v6.4 1998-12-29 IRIX 5.x is different + (Mark Dalphin (mdalphin@amgen.com)) linux Alpha v6.3.2 1998-04-16 Mostly successful. Needs - 2.0.x work for v6.4. (Ryan Kirkpatrick - (mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu)) + 2.0.x work for v6.4. + (Ryan Kirkpatrick + (mailto:rkirkpat@nag.cs.colorado.edu)) linux x86 v6.4 1998-10-27 (Thomas Lockhart - 2.0.x/libc5 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu)) - linux x86 v6.5 1999-05-24 (Thomas Lockhart - 2.0.x/glibc (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu)) + 2.0.x/libc5 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu)) + linux x86 v6.4 1999-05-24 (Thomas Lockhart + 2.0.x/glibc2 (mailto:lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu)) linux MIPS v6.4 1998-12-16 Cobalt Qube (Tatsuo Ishii - 2.0.x (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) + 2.0.x (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) linux Sparc v6.4 1998-10-25 (Tom Szybist - 2.0.x (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com)) - linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c (Tatsuo Ishii - 2.1.24 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) - mklinux DR3 PPC750 v6.4 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600 (Tatsuo Ishii - (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) + 2.0.x (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com)) + linuxPPC PPC603e v6.4 1998-10-26 Powerbook 2400c + 2.1.24 (Tatsuo Ishii + (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) + mklinux PPC750 v6.4 1998-09-16 PowerMac 7600 + DR3 (Tatsuo Ishii + (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) NetBSD arm32 v6.5 1999-04-14 (Andrew McMurry - (mailto:a.mcmurry1@physics.oxford.ac.uk)) + (mailto:a.mcmurry1@physics.oxford.ac.uk)) NetBSD/i3- x86 v6.4 1998-10-25 (Brook Milligan - 86 1.3.2 (mailto:brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu)) + 86 1.3.2 (mailto:brook@trillium.NMSU.Edu)) NetBSD m68k v6.4.2 1998-12-28 Mac SE/30 (Mr. Mutsuki Nakajima, Tatsuo Ishii - (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) - NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4 1998-10-27 small problems in date/time - current math (Jon Buller - (mailto:jonb@metronet.com)) + (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) + NetBSD- NS32532 v6.4 1998-10-27 small problems + current in date/time math (Jon Buller + (mailto:jonb@metronet.com)) NetBSD/sp- Sparc v6.4 1998-10-27 (Tom I Helbekkmo - arc 1.3H (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no)) + arc 1.3H (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no)) NetBSD 1.3 VAX v6.3 1998-03-01 (Tom I Helbekkmo - (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no)) + (mailto:tih@hamartun.priv.no)) SCO x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Andrew Merrill - OpenServer 5 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com)) + OpenServer 5 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com)) SCO x86 v6.5 1999-05-25 (Andrew Merrill - UnixWare 7 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com)) + UnixWare 7 (mailto:andrew@compclass.com)) Solaris x86 v6.4 1998-10-28 (Marc Fournier - (mailto:scrappy@hub.org)) + (mailto:scrappy@hub.org)) Solaris Sparc v6.4 1998-10-28 (Tom Szybist - 2.6-2.7 (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com), - Frank Ridderbusch - (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de)) - SunOS Sparc v6.3 1998-03-01 Patches submitted (Tatsuo Ishii - 4.1.4 (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) + 2.6-2.7 (mailto:szybist@boxhill.com), + Frank Ridderbusch + (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de)) + SunOS Sparc v6.3 1998-03-01 Patches submitted + 4.1.4 (Tatsuo Ishii + (mailto:t-ishii@sra.co.jp)) SVR4 MIPS v6.4 1998-10-28 No 64-bit int compiler - support (Frank Ridderbusch - (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de)) - Windows x86 v6.4 1999-01-06 Client-side libraries or - ODBC/JDBC. No server yet. - (Magnus Hagander - (mha@sollentuna.net) + support (Frank Ridderbusch + (mailto:ridderbusch.pad@sni.de)) + Windows x86 v6.4 1999-01-06 Client-side libraries + or ODBC/JDBC. No server yet. + (Magnus Hagander + (mha@sollentuna.net) Windows NT x86 v6.5 1999-05-26 Working with the Cygwin - library. (Daniel Horak - (mailto:Dan.Horak@email.cz)) + library. (Daniel Horak + (mailto:Dan.Horak@email.cz)) @@ -168,20 +165,21 @@ Unsupported Platforms Table 2-2. Possibly Incompatible Platforms OS Processor Version Reported Remarks MacOS all v6.3 1998-03-01 Not library compatible; - use ODBC/JDBC + use ODBC/JDBC NextStep x86 v6.x 1998-03-01 Client-only support; - v1.0.9 worked with - patches (David Wetzel - (mailto:dave@turbocat.de)) - SVR4 4.4 m88k v6.2.1 1998-03-01 Confirmed with patching; - v6.4.x will need TAS - spinlock code (Doug Winterburn - (mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com)) - Ultrix MIPS,VAX? v6.x 1998-03-01 No recent reports; obsolete? + v1.0.9 worked with patches + (David Wetzel + (mailto:dave@turbocat.de)) + SVR4 4.4 m88k v6.2.1 1998-03-01 Confirmed + with patching; + v6.4.x will need TAS + spinlock code (Doug + Winterburn + (mailto:dlw@seavme.xroads.com)) + Ultrix MIPS,VAX? v6.x 1998-03-01 No recent reports; + obsolete? - - Chapter 3. Installation Complete installation instructions for Postgres @@ -194,8 +192,10 @@ Chapter 3. Installation o Commands are Unix-compatible. See note below. o Defaults are used except where noted. o User postgres is the Postgres superuser. - o The source path is /usr/src/pgsql (other paths are possible). - o The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths are possible). + o The source path is /usr/src/pgsql (other paths are + possible). + o The runtime path is /usr/local/pgsql (other paths + are possible). Commands were tested on RedHat Linux version 5.2 using the tcsh shell. Except where noted, they will @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ Requirements to Run Postgres $ df -k + Installation Procedure @@ -281,8 +282,11 @@ Installation Procedure the remaining steps in the installation will happen in this account. 4. Ftp file - ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.gz - from the Internet. Store it in your home directory. + ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar.- + gz + (ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-v6.5.tar- + .gz) from the Internet. Store it in your home + directory. 5. Some platforms use flex. If your system uses flex then make sure you have a good version. To check, type @@ -479,29 +483,46 @@ Installation Procedure configuration. To see them all, type ./configure --help Some of the more commonly used ones are: - --prefix=BASEDIR Selects a different base directory for the - installation of the Postgres configuration. - The default is /usr/local/pgsql. + --prefix=BASEDIR Selects a different + base directory for the + installation of the + Postgres configuration. + The default is + /usr/local/pgsql. --with-template=TEMPLATE - Use template file TEMPLATE - the template - files are assumed to be in the directory - src/template, so look there for proper values. - --with-tcl Build interface libraries and programs requiring - Tcl/Tk, including libpgtcl, pgtclsh, and pgtksh. - --with-perl Build the Perl interface library. - --with-odbc Build the ODBC driver package. - --enable-hba Enables Host Based Authentication (DEFAULT) - --disable-hba Disables Host Based Authentication + Use template file + TEMPLATE - the template + files are assumed + to be in the directory + src/template, so + look there for proper values. + --with-tcl Build interface + libraries and programs requiring + Tcl/Tk, including + libpgtcl, pgtclsh, and pgtksh. + --with-perl Build the Perl + interface library. + --with-odbc Build the ODBC + driver package. + --enable-hba Enables Host Based + Authentication (DEFAULT) + --disable-hba Disables Host Based + Authentication --enable-locale Enables USE_LOCALE - --enable-cassert Enables ASSERT_CHECKING + --enable-cassert Enables + ASSERT_CHECKING --with-CC=compiler - Use a specific C compiler that the configure + Use a specific C + compiler that the configure script cannot find. --with-CXX=compiler --without-CXX - Use a specific C++ compiler that the configure - script cannot find, or exclude C++ compilation - altogether. (This only affects libpq++ at + Use a specific C++ + compiler that the configure + script cannot find, + or exclude C++ compilation + altogether. (This + only affects libpq++ at present.) c. Here is the configure script used on a Sparc Solaris 2.5 system with /opt/postgres @@ -703,7 +724,7 @@ Installation Procedure o Edit file rc.local on NetBSD or file rc2.d on SPARC Solaris 2.5.1 to contain the following single line: - su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \ + su postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D /usr/local/pgsql/data" o In FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE edit /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pgsql.sh to contain the @@ -712,10 +733,10 @@ Installation Procedure #!/bin/sh [ -x /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster ] && { su -l pgsql -c 'exec - /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \ - -D/usr/local/pgsql/data \ - -S -o -F > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog' \ - & echo -n ' pgsql' + /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster + -D/usr/local/pgsql/data + -S -o -F > /usr/local/pgsql/errlog' & + echo -n ' pgsql' } You may put the line breaks as shown above. The shell is smart enough to keep parsing beyond @@ -730,9 +751,9 @@ Installation Procedure o In RedHat Linux edit file /etc/inittab to add the following as a single line: pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c - "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster \ - -D/usr/local/pgsql/data \ - >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 \ + "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster + -D/usr/local/pgsql/data + >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 \d bar Table = bar - +--------------+---------------+-------+ - | Field | Type | Length| - +--------------+---------------+-------+ - | i | int4 | 4 | - | c | (bp)char | 16 | - +--------------+---------------+-------+ + +----------------------------------+----------------- + ------------------+-------+ + | Field | + Type | Length| + +----------------------------------+----------------- + ------------------+-------+ + | i | int4 + | 4 | + | c | (bp)char + | 16 | + +----------------------------------+----------------- + ------------------+-------+ And so on. You get the idea. @@ -982,36 +1013,52 @@ Parameters for Configuration (configure) installers: Directory and file names: - --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX + --prefix=PREFIX install + architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local/pgsql] - --bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin] - --libdir=DIR object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib] - --includedir=DIR C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include] - --mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man] + --bindir=DIR user executables in DIR + [EPREFIX/bin] + --libdir=DIR object code libraries in + DIR [EPREFIX/lib] + --includedir=DIR C header files in DIR + [PREFIX/include] + --mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR + [PREFIX/man] Features and packages: - --disable-FEATURE do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no) + --disable-FEATURE do not include FEATURE + (same as --enable-FEATURE=no) --enable-FEATURE[=ARG] include FEATURE [ARG=yes] --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] use PACKAGE [ARG=yes] - --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no) + --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as + --with-PACKAGE=no) --enable and --with options recognized: --with-template=template - use operating system template file + use operating system + template file see template directory - --with-includes=incdir site header files for tk/tcl, etc in DIR - --with-libs=incdir also search for libraries in DIR - --with-libraries=libdir also search for libraries in DIR + --with-includes=incdir site header files for + tk/tcl, etc in DIR + --with-libs=incdir also search for libraries + in DIR + --with-libraries=libdir also search for libraries + in DIR --enable-locale enable locale support - --enable-recode enable cyrillic recode support + --enable-recode enable cyrillic recode + support --with-mb=encoding enable multi-byte support --with-pgport=portnum change default startup port --with-maxbackends=n set default maximum number of server processes - --with-tcl build Tcl interfaces and pgtclsh - --with-tclconfig=tcldir tclConfig.sh and tkConfig.sh are in DIR + --with-tcl build Tcl interfaces and + pgtclsh + --with-tclconfig=tcldir tclConfig.sh and + tkConfig.sh are in DIR --with-perl build Perl interface --with-odbc build ODBC driver package - --with-odbcinst=odbcdir change default directory for odbcinst.ini - --enable-cassert enable assertion checks (debugging) + --with-odbcinst=odbcdir change default directory + for odbcinst.ini + --enable-cassert enable assertion checks + (debugging) --with-CC=compiler use specific C compiler --with-CXX=compiler use specific C++ compiler --without-CXX prevent building C++ code @@ -1101,11 +1148,15 @@ Parameters for Building (make) POSTGRESDIR= /opt/postgres/current CFLAGS+= -m486 # -g -O0 + USE_TCL= true + TCL_LIB= -ltcl + X_LIBS= -L/usr/X11/lib + TK_LIB= -ltk # documentation - HSTYLE= /home/lockhart/SGML/db118.d/docbook/html - PSTYLE= /home/lockhart/SGML/db118.d/docbook/print + HSTYLE= /home/tgl/SGML/db118.d/docbook/html + PSTYLE= /home/tgl/SGML/db118.d/docbook/print @@ -1270,12 +1321,10 @@ Operation Table 4-1. Kerberos Parameter Examples - Parameter Example - user frew@S2K.ORG - user aoki/HOST=miyu.S2K.Berkel- - ey.EDU@S2K.ORG - host postgres_dbms/ucbvax@S2K.- - ORG + Parameter Example + user frew@S2K.ORG + user aoki/HOST=miyu.S2K.Berkeley.EDU@S2K.ORG + host postgres_dbms/ucbvax@S2K.ORG @@ -1339,19 +1388,6 @@ Release 6.5 Most interfaces have new versions, and existing functionality has been improved. - Documentation - New and updated material is present throughout the - documentation. New FAQs have been contributed for SGI - and AIX platforms. The Tutorial has introductory - information on SQL from Stefan Simkovics. For the User's - Guide, there are reference pages covering the postmaster - and more utility programs, and a new appendix contains - details on date/time behavior. The Administrator's Guide - has a new chapter on troubleshooting from Tom Lane. And - the Programmer's Guide has a description of query - processing, also from Stefan, and details on obtaining - the Postgres source tree via anonymous CVS and CVSup. - Migration to v6.5