Re: [Postgres-xc-general] Postgres-XC on OS X: is it possible?

[Mason <ma...@us...>]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Michael Paquier
<mic...@gm...> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Nicola Vitacolonna <nvi...@gm...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I have tried to build v1.0beta2 on OS X 10.7.4, using gmake 3.82 and gcc
>> 4.2.1, but the process fails at an early stage with:
>>
>> ar crs libgtm.a gtm_opt_scanner.o aset.o mcxt.o gtm_utils.o elog.o
>> assert.o stringinfo.o gtm_lock.o gtm_list.o gtm_serialize.o
>> gtm_serialize_debug.o gtm_opt_handler.o
>> ranlib libgtm.a
>> Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
>>   "_threadinfo_key", referenced from:
>>       _AllocSetContextCreate in aset.o
>>       _AllocSetAlloc in aset.o
>>       _AllocSetRealloc in aset.o
>>       _current_memcontext in mcxt.o
>>       _MemoryContextSwitchTo in mcxt.o
>>       _MemoryContextCreate in mcxt.o
>>       _MemoryContextInit in mcxt.o
>> etc...
>>
>> Since the architecture (x86_64) is supported, I am just wondering whether
>> there is something so specific to Linux platforms that it is impossible or
>> very hard to port Postgres-XC to other OSes, or whether I am just missing
>> something.
>
> MacOSX is based on free-BSD, so there should not be that many problems to
> compile...
> But the module whose compilation is failing here is GTM, a module exclusive
> to XC that has been developed and tested only on Linux platforms. I recall
> that it is possible to compile it by modifying a but the Makefiles, and I
> recall one guy who did some development in OSX. So Mason, any ideas about
> how to compile XC in OSX?
> I have ne experience developing XC in MacOS, but if someone has a patch to
> allow compilation on OSX, I will gladly commit it.

I am attaching a short patch that I use. I am still using Mac OS X 10.6.8.

Mason