Re: Error while compiling on HP-UX ia64

> Derk Jan Horstman <dj(dot)horstman(at)anva(dot)nl> writes:
> > After a new install of HP-UX B.11.23 (ia64) and installing the latest patches on it, I've tried to compile PostgreSQL 9.0.1 from source again.
> > But I've still got problems with compiling, the process is ending with the next errors:
> > ip.c: In function 'pg_foreach_ifaddr':
> > ip.c:654: error: storage size of 'lifc' isn't known
> > ip.c:725: error: 'struct lifreq' has no member named 'lifr_addr'
> > ip.c:735: error: 'struct lifreq' has no member named 'lifr_addr'

> Hm. A bit of googling suggests that HPUX is randomly incompatible with
> the rest of the world concerning the output format of SIOCGLIFCONF
> (which is no great surprise).
>
> Unfortunately, it seems they've shut down www.testdrive.hp.com, which
> means there's no longer any easy access to HP systems on which one could
> test a fix. If you want this fixed, you're going to have to do it
> yourself, or find some other HPUX user who will fix it, or provide
> access to an HPUX system to somebody who wants to fix it.
>
> regards, tom lane

Hi Guys,
You can usually get pre-built versions of Postgres for HP-UX here:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/cgi-bin/search?package=on&description=on&term=postgres&Search=Search
Only 9.0 there at the moment, but they are usually not far behind the release date.

Regards,
Joe