Commit 0dd19ad2 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Add info about how to enable large-file support, so that pg_dump won't

choke at 2Gb of output.  From Andrew Sullivan.
parent 74c8c093
...@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2 ...@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL 7.2
Sun Solaris specific Sun Solaris specific
to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions to be read in conjunction with the installation instructions
============================================================ ============================================================
last updated: $Date: 2001/12/10 13:02:20 $ last updated: $Date: 2002/01/18 20:56:17 $
current maintainer: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> current maintainer: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
...@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Contents: ...@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Contents:
1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris? 1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?
2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support? 2) Why do I get problems when building with OpenSSL support?
3) Why does configure complain about a failed test program? 3) Why does configure complain about a failed test program?
4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris? 1) What tools do I need to build and install PostgreSQL on Solaris?
...@@ -64,3 +65,14 @@ whenever you run any of the installed PostgreSQL programs. ...@@ -64,3 +65,14 @@ whenever you run any of the installed PostgreSQL programs.
Alternatively, set the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH. See the Alternatively, set the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH. See the
ld(1) man page for more information. ld(1) man page for more information.
4) How do I ensure that pg_dump and pg_restore can handle files > 2 Gb?
By default, gcc will build programs that only handle 32-bit file offsets.
This is not a real problem for the server but can easily be trouble for
pg_dump and pg_restore. Before running 'configure', set your CFLAGS variable
to specify support for files with 64-bit offsets. This has been verified
to work on Solaris 7:
CFLAGS="`getconf LFS_CFLAGS`"; export CFLAGS
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