Re: AIX Postgres Compile Error

Hi All,

I am trying to compile Postgres on an AIX machine but am getting the
following error through the 'make' process

In file included from
/merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/
op.h:633,

from
/merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/
perl.h:3420,

from plperl.h:31,

from plperl.c:34:

/merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/reentr.h:780:
error: f
ield '_srandom_struct' has incomplete type

gmake[3]: *** [plperl.o] Error 1

gmake[3]: Leaving directory
`/merlin/len-files/postgres/postgres82-83/postgresql
-8.3.7/src/pl/plperl'

gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 1

gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/merlin/len-files/postgres/postgres82-83/postgresql
-8.3.7/src/pl'

gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 2

gmake[1]: Leaving directory
`/merlin/len-files/postgres/postgres82-83/postgresql
-8.3.7/src'

gmake: *** [all] Error 2

make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2.

Perl is installed and working with out issue on this machine and if I
take the -perl option out of the compile switches it installs fine.
Perl was compiled with gcc.

The compile options that I'm using are as follows :

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql837-64-perl --with-perl
--with-pgport=5400 --enable-thread-safety --enable-integer-datetimes
CC='gcc -maix64' LDFLAGS=-'Wl,-bbigtoc'

Any suggestions around this problem would be greatly appreciated, I'm
trying to complile Postgres 8.3.7

Thanks
Francis

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"Thorne, Francis" <thornef(at)cromwell(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> I am trying to compile Postgres on an AIX machine but am getting the
> following error through the 'make' process

> In file included from
> /merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/
> op.h:633,
> from
> /merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/
> perl.h:3420,
> from plperl.h:31,
> from plperl.c:34:
> /merlin/perl5.10.1/lib/5.10.1/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/reentr.h:780:
> error: field '_srandom_struct' has incomplete type

Hmm. You might try pulling the latest version of ppport.h from our CVS:
http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/pl/plperl/ppport.h
to see if that fixes it. I wouldn't really expect what's in 8.3.7
to work with such a new version of Perl. If that doesn't do it, try
using a 5.8.x Perl release.

regards, tom lane