Alexandra Roy wrote: > It was a 32-bit build as I didn't have set the "OBJECT_MODE" to 64. > I call configure and make using as root user: > > # ./configure > # gmake > > The releases of "make" and "gcc" are : > make-3.80-1 > gcc-4.2.0-3 Hmmm, I dont get the error if I set OBJECT_MODE to 32 and do what you did, but I have PostgreSQL 8.4 here. config.log and pg_config.h look like yours... > Since my post, I have followed the advice of PostgreSQL 8.4 > documentation on AIX to do a 64-bit build: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-AIX > that is to say I have : > - set OBJECT_MODE to 64 > - pass CC="gcc -maix64" and LDFLAGS="-Wl,-bbigtoc" to configure > - execute gmake > > gmake failed with these errors : > [...] > ar crs libpgport.a strlcat.o strlcpy.o getopt_long.o chklocale.o > copydir.o dirmod.o exec.o noblock.o path.o pipe.o pgsleep.o > pgstrcasecmp.o qsort.o qsort_arg.o sprompt.o thread.o > ar: 0707-126 strlcat.o is not valid with the current object file mode. > Use the -X option to specify the desired object mode. You have to export OBJECT_MODE. Setting it is not enough. Did you 'make clean' first? Otherwise some 64-bit objects might still be around... Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general