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#1 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 09:36 AM

There is Solaris FAQ update. Please, look on it and let me know any
comments.

Thanks Zdenek

Rich Teer wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2969
> Logged by: Rich Teer
> Email address: rich.teer@rite-group.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.2.2
> Operating system: Solaris 10
> Description: Inaccuracies in Solaris FAQ
> Details:
>
> Hi there,
>
> First, many thanks for providing the best open source database! I've
> spotted a couple of errors/bits of bad advice in doc/FAQ_Solaris, which I
> think should be updated.
>
> 1. The answer to question 3 (Why does configure complain about a failed test
> program?) says to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the directory containing
> the missing libs. While this does work (as does the other suggestion of
> using LD_RUN_PATH), the correct answer to this question is to include the
> library's path in the executable by using the -R flag, thus avoiding the
> need for the end user to mess about with environment variables. For
> example, I use "LDFLAGS=-R/usr/sfw/lib ./configure ..." to build Postgres
> which uses Sun's OpenSSL.
>
> 2. The answer to question 8 (Can I use DTrace for tracing PostgreSQL?) says
> that Solaris 10u3 or newer is required to handle probes in static functions.
> Unfortunately, this is not the case. DTrace can't be enabled when using
> update 3 (aka 11/06); the (as yet unreleased) update 4 or newer is
> required.
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
> Rich Teer,
> Author of Solaris Systems Programming
>
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#2 (**permalink**) 04-18-2008, 09:36 AM

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
>> There is Solaris FAQ update. Please, look on it and let me know any
>> comments.
>
> The actual answer to the question "Can I compile PostgreSQL with
> Kerberos v5 support?" is "Yes, why not?". I don't think "Can I use
> this weird internal private library that seems to provide a similar
> interface?" is a "Frequently Asked Question".
>

You have right that it is not frequent question, but my colleagues have
bad experience with people who did it with samba server and it is only
warning "don't do that" for people who want to try it.

If you guess that it is not important, do not hesitate to remove it.

Zdenek

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