Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL 6.5 on Solaris 2.6

At 18:00 +0300 on 20/07/1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> Follow the generic installation instructions. It worked for me. Well,
> I should qualify that; I've only tested the client-side portions,
> since my Solaris installation is talking to a linux-based server. But
> really, the install for that platform should follow the standard
> procedure and just work.

Actually, there are two Solaris specific notes:

1) Use flex, and preferably bison, too. Don't rely on lex (and yacc).

2) Don't worry about the regression tests with the old dates. The
abstime, horology, etc., normally fail, because there is some
problem in Solaris's timezone handling for years before 1970 or
so. Unless you need to work with old dates and have correct
daylight savings info, you may ignore this. Other failures also
occur, but those (floating point accuracy, error message difference)
are to be expected in any platform, not just solaris.

Herouth

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