Re: Compiling problems with 7.4.2

>
> I ran into a problem compiling 7.4.2 on Sun Solaris. The details are as
> follows. Thanks
>
> SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
[snip]
>
> gcc -O3 -pthreads -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wmissing-declaration
> s -fPIC -I. -I../../../src/include -I/usr/local/include
> -I/usr/local/ssl/include -DFRO
> NTEND -DSYSCONFDIR='"/usr/local/pgsql/etc"' -c -o thread.o thread.c
> thread.c: In function `pqGetpwuid':
> thread.c:116: error: too many arguments to function `getpwuid_r'
[snip]
>

This is fixed in CVS. Or you can apply this patch

http://jimsun.linxnet.com/misc/pgsql-7.4.2.patch

to a freshly-extracted 7.4.2 tarball (*before* running configure).

Standard Disclaimer: No warranties, express or implied.

I'm running 7.4.2 on both a Sparc Solaris 7 and a Sparc Solaris 8
machine, with that patch.

Jim