[csw-buildfarm] [csw-maintainers] Building postgresql-8.4.1

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Maciej,

Am 30.11.2009 um 08:28 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
> When running PostgreSQL tests on build8x, I'm getting this error:
>
> """This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> The default database encoding has accordingly been set to SQL_ASCII.
> The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
>
> creating directory
> /home/maciej/src/opencsw/pkg/postgresql/trunk/work/solaris8-i386/ 
> build-isa-i386/postgresql-8.4.1/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data
> ... ok
> creating subdirectories ... ok
> selecting default max_connections ... 10
> selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB
> creating configuration files ... ok
> creating template1 database in
> /home/maciej/src/opencsw/pkg/postgresql/trunk/work/solaris8-i386/ 
> build-isa-i386/postgresql-8.4.1/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data/ 
> base/1
> ... FATAL:  could not create shared memory segment: Invalid argument
> DETAIL:  Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1507328, 03600).
> HINT:  This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a shared
> memory segment exceeded your kernel's SHMMAX parameter.  You can
> either reduce the request size or reconfigure the kernel with larger
> SHMMAX.  To reduce the request size (currently 1507328 bytes), reduce
> PostgreSQL's shared_buffers parameter (currently 50) and/or its
> max_connections parameter (currently 13).
>        If the request size is already small, it's possible that it is
> less than your kernel's SHMMIN parameter, in which case raising the
> request size or reconfiguring SHMMIN is called for.
>        The PostgreSQL documentation contains more information about
> shared memory configuration.
> child process exited with exit code 1
> initdb: data directory
> "/home/maciej/src/opencsw/pkg/postgresql/trunk/work/solaris8-i386/ 
> build-isa-i386/postgresql-8.4.1/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data"
> not removed at user's request"""
>
> On build8s the tests pass just fine.  Is it something that buildfarm
> admins can fix?

Yes. I need to turn up SHMMAX on build8x and reboot. As I plan to  
migrate that
on the VMware farm I can just install the new one for you to test.  
Please allow
me some more time to finish it.


Best regards

   -- Dago