Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL 6.5.2 ported to QNX 4

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> >Send to the "patches" mailing list, unless the patches are
> >prohibitively large. afaik the upper limit on mail size for patches is
> >big.
>
>
> Done.

Got it.

>
> >If it is OK with you, I will put your summary of steps required into
> >our source tree as doc/FAQ_QNX. If you have access to the source tree
> >you can make changes from there, or if not I'll mail to you the file
> >as I've committed it and if it is OK you can make changes from that
> >version.
>

FAQ added to source tree.

>
> I am new to PostgreSQL so I probably don't have access to the source tree.
>
> >How would you suggest I mention it in the "ports list"? Since you need
> >to patch the sources, I guess it isn't "fully supported", but does
> >"needs minor patches" describe it correctly?
>
>
> Yes that's right. But the new QNX port specific files could be completly
> included into the standard distribution. Some sources have been extended
> with "#ifdef __QNX__". These extensions could be integrated too. Two files
> (arrayfuncs.c and chunk.c) have been fixed to reduce warnings. These fixes
> are valid for all platforms.

arrayfuncs and chunk.c changes added.

>
> The majority of changed files are Makefiles because on QNX it is not
> possible to generate all the "backend/.../SUBSYS.o" as objects because
> the -r option is not supported. On QNX I generate archive files now. This is
> a general question. I would prefer the archive solution. If the standard
> distribution will not be changed this way it will be neccessary to patch the
> "backend/.../Makefile"s. Furthermore I couldn't include the bootstrap.o and
> ipc.o files into the SUBSYS.o archives because the QNX archiver wlib crashes
> with them. I don't know why. Therefore I included them directly into
> backend/Makefile

These are problematic.  Changing $(LD) -r to $(AR) will not work on many
platforms.  In the current source tree.  I have changed all $(LD) -r to
$(LD) $(LDREL), and defined LDREL= -r.  The -r can now be overridden in
Makefile.qnx.  You can now define $LD as 'ar' in qnx.


Can you tell me what the QNX operating system is?  Is it that real-time
OS?

>
> Because I am new to PostgreSQL I would prefer if someone of the core
> developers could include the extensions/changes into the source tree.


I am seeing you remove the semicolon here:

    @if [ ! -d $(HEADERDIR) ]; then mkdir $(HEADERDIR); fi

                                 ^

That will not work on many platforms.  We need those semicolons.  There
is another way we could do it, buy using "[ test ] && action", so there
would be no if...then...fi.  However, that's a lot of tests to change.
Please let me know why the semicolon is a problem, and whether there is
an upgraded shell that will allow it on QNX.


I have not added any of the #if QNX code.  My recommendation is that you
grab a copy of the current tree via cvs, which will have the changes I
just made, and see if you can get that to work.  You will find that most
of your stuff will work fine, and that only a few areas now have to be
modified.

I will then be glad to include all the rest of your changes.  I could
apply your QNX-specific code, but because I need to get this into
6.6/7.0 I need your help, I am waiting until you have the current tree
installed so I know for sure we are going to have QNX as a port.

With the ld -r changed now, and Makefile.qnx updated properly, your
changes for QNX are minimal.

Please contact the ports list when you have more information.

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