postgresql/doc/FAQ_Solaris

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL  V7.1
Sun Solaris specific
to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
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last updated:        $Date: 2001/03/13 20:42:11 $

current maintainer:  Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch)
original author:     Marc Liyanage (liyanage@access.ch)


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?


1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?

You will need

- GNU zip (for installing the documentation)
- GNU make
- GNU readline library (optional)

Both GCC and the Sun compiler suite work.

If you like Solaris packages, you can find these tools here:
http://www.sunfreeware.com

If you prefer sources, look here:
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html


2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?

When you build PostgreSQL with OpenSSL support you will probably get
compilation errors in the following files:

src/backend/libpq/crypt.c
src/backend/libpq/password.c
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-auth.c
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c

This is because of a namespace conflict between the standard
/usr/include/crypt.h header and the header files provided by OpenSSL.
We believe that this should be fixed by OpenSSL.

The problem can be worked around by removing the inclusion of
<crypt.h> in these four files.