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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-10-10 20:11:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2006-10-10 20:11:44 +0000 |
| commit | 34cd09fdd0e871a08096b4d6535b6b66e694d81e (patch) | |
| tree | 9244176557fe867e7f309afc144054d089613e64 | |
| parent | 9c2b6ec695d6f75b1dc3d470bb31b40eb6d248cf (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-34cd09fdd0e871a08096b4d6535b6b66e694d81e.tar.gz | |
Restore HPUX FAQ entry that talked about working around regression
script problems, because in 8.1.X, the regression test is still a
script. Patch to 8.1.X only.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ_HPUX | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ_HPUX b/doc/FAQ_HPUX index 9d05ec549a..5f624f0a89 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_HPUX +++ b/doc/FAQ_HPUX @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.3 HP-UX Specific TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ ======================================================= -last updated: $Date: 2006/10/10 00:29:14 $ +last updated: $Date: 2006/10/10 20:11:44 $ current maintainer: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) original author: Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) @@ -84,3 +84,19 @@ low-order-digit differences in the geometry tests, which vary depending on which compiler and math library versions you use. Any other error is cause for suspicion. + +The parallel regression test script (gmake check) is known to lock up +on PA-RISC when run under HP's Bourne shells: /usr/bin/sh and +/sbin/sh. To fix this problem, you will need PHCO_30269 with its +dependent patch or successor patches: + + PHCO_30269 s700_800 cumulative sh-posix(1) patch + PHCO_29816 s700_800 rc(1M) scripts cumulative patch + +To work around this problem, use ksh to run the regression script: + + gmake SHELL=/bin/ksh check + +If you see that the tests have stopped making progress and only a shell +process is consuming CPU, kill the shell process and start over with the +above command. |