* make rrd_getopt compile on solaris

[rrdtool.git] / doc / rrdbuild.pod

diff --git a/doc/rrdbuild.pod b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
index d858088..4159d5a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/rrdbuild.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdbuild.pod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Where you want to install the software.
 Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.
 
  BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild
 Once you have decided. Save the two locations into environment variables.
 
  BUILD_DIR=/tmp/rrdbuild

- INSTALL_DIR=/opt/rrdtool-1.4.0
+ INSTALL_DIR=/opt/rrdtool-1.4.3

 
 
 If your F</tmp> is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose
 
 
 If your F</tmp> is mounted with the option noexec (RHEL seems todo that) you have to choose


@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ Now make sure the BUILD_DIR exists and go there:
 Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries
 pre-installed. 
 
 Lets first assume you already have all the necessary libraries
 pre-installed. 
 

- wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.4.0.tar.gz
- gunzip -c rrdtool-1.4.0.tar.gz | tar xf -
- cd rrdtool-1.4.0
+ wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.4.3.tar.gz
+ gunzip -c rrdtool-1.4.3.tar.gz | tar xf -
+ cd rrdtool-1.4.3

  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install
 
 Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with
  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR && make && make install
 
 Ok, this was very optimistic. This try will probably have ended with


@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ Make sure the RRDtool build system finds your new compiler
 
  export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
 
 
  export PATH=/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin
 

-Since there does not seem to be a viable msgfmt tool on OpenSolaris (short
-of installing it yourself). You have to call configure with the
+=head2 Solaris 8/9

 
 

- --disable-libintl
+Getting NLS to work on old solaris is an open issue ... use 
+
+ --disable-nls

 
 option.
 
 
 option.
 


@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ config file.
  cd $BUILD_DIR
  wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz
  gunzip -c cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz   | tar xf -
  cd $BUILD_DIR
  wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/libs/cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz
  gunzip -c cairo-1.6.4.tar.gz   | tar xf -

- cd cairo-1.4.10
+ cd cairo-1.6.4

  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
     --enable-xlib=no \
     --enable-xlib-render=no \
  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
     --enable-xlib=no \
     --enable-xlib-render=no \


@@ -312,6 +313,14 @@ config file.
  $MAKE
  $MAKE install
 
  $MAKE
  $MAKE install
 

+When building on Solaris you may want todo
+
+ ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR \
+    --enable-xlib=no \
+    --enable-xlib-render=no \
+    --enable-win32=no \
+    CFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
+

 =head3 Building Glib
 
  cd $BUILD_DIR
 =head3 Building Glib
 
  cd $BUILD_DIR


@@ -344,7 +353,7 @@ because it seems that a fair number of people have ill configured python and
 tcl setups that would prevent RRDtool from building if they are included in
 their current state.
 
 tcl setups that would prevent RRDtool from building if they are included in
 their current state.
 

- cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.4.0
+ cd $BUILD_DIR/rrdtool-1.4.3

  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python
  $MAKE clean
  $MAKE
  ./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --disable-tcl --disable-python
  $MAKE clean
  $MAKE