From: | Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: solaris libpq threaded build fails |
Date: | 2009-01-13 16:28:12 |
Message-ID: | 496CC11C.1000000@esilo.com |
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Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I supposed Solaris 2.5.1 (release 1996) is just too old to add
>> threading, and this code has been unchanged for years.
>>
>
> Yeah, its old. Unfortunately for us, we still have to support it.
>
> To set the record straight, the issue is not threads. Threads work fine
> on 2.5.1. This is a configure system linking issue, "gethostbyname"
> requires linking with libnsl.so. So, thread_test.c must link with -lnsl.
>
> The bigger issue is that the configure script needs to include -lnsl for
> older solaris platforms. Solaris 2.5.1 has "gethostbyname_r" but the
> configure check fails for the same reason.
>
> configure:19821: checking for gethostbyname_r
> configure:19877: gcc -o conftest -O2 -Wall [...snip...]
> Undefined first referenced
> symbol in file
> gethostbyname_r /var/tmp//ccSuGLEn.o (symbol
> belongs to implicit dependency /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1)
> ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to conftest
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> This is why thread_test.c thought it had to fall back on gethostbyname
> in the first place.
>
Forgot to mention, there is an easy fix:
~]# LDFLAGS="-lnsl" ./configure --enable-thread-safety
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Andrew Chernow
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