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PostgreSQL Hackers list: can anyone help, please?

Daniel Lundin wrote:
  >
  >Hi Oliver,
  >
  >I've run into trouble when building PostgreSQL 6.4.2 from the source
  >debian package you've created (postgresql_6.4.2-1.dsc).
  >I managed to get it compiled, but when running initdb it freezes after a
  >while and bails out with a 'FATAL: s_lock(202ba370) at spin.c:114, stuck
  >spinlock. Aborting.' error message.
  >
  >I saw somsone posting about a smiliar problem on the postgresql mailing
  >list archive, but quite some while ago. Do you have any idea what to do
  >and if there are any patches/workarounds for this (or if it's a known
  >user-fault, me that is).
  >
  >Machine config:
  >hardware: Samsung AlphaPC 164LX  21164 based hardware
  >   uname: Linux gollum 2.2.0-pre4 #3 alpha unknown
  >  system: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
  >compiler: egcs-2.91.60
  >          ld 2.9.1
  >          
  >Regards,
  >Daniel Lundin , MediaCenter
  >
  >_________________________________________________________________  /\__ 
  >                                                                 \/     
  >  Daniel Lundin 
  >  MediaCenter, UNIX and BeOS Developer 
  >  http://www.umc.se/~daniel/
  >

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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:09:21 +0000
"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>
Re: PostgreSQL 6.4.2 build problems on Linux/Alpha 