Forum OpenACS Q&A: aolserver4

cd /usr/local/src/aolserver40r2/aolserver
./configure --with-tcl=/usr/local/lib/
make install
ln -s /usr/local/aolserver40r2 /usr/local/aolserver

The latest available version of AOLserver is 4.0.1, unless you use cvs to grab a copy. There have been some important fixes in recent versions, so go with the newest you can get.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3152&package_id=3064&release_id=214653

Notes on important fixes

I see some other warnings that I saw before, in case this is helpful:

nsmain.c: In function `Ns_Main':
nsmain.c:355: warning: passing arg 1 of `setgid' as unsigned due to prototype
nsmain.c:358: warning: passing arg 1 of `setuid' as unsigned due to prototype
nsmain.c:623: warning: implicit declaration of function `NsWaitDriversShutdown'
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
nsmain.c:36: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used

return.c: In function `Ns_ConnConstructHeaders':
return.c:262: warning: suggest parentheses around && within ||
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
return.c:37: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used

sock.c: In function `Ns_SockRecv':
sock.c:74: warning: passing arg 3 of `recv' as unsigned due to prototype
sock.c:78: warning: passing arg 3 of `recv' as unsigned due to prototype
sock.c: In function `Ns_SockSend':
sock.c:106: warning: passing arg 3 of `send' as unsigned due to prototype
sock.c:110: warning: passing arg 3 of `send' as unsigned due to prototype
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
sock.c:37: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used

tclinit.c: In function `NsTclICtlObjCmd':
tclinit.c:895: warning: `objPtr' might be used uninitialized in this function
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
tclinit.c:36: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used
...
tcljob.c: In function `NsTclJobObjCmd':
tcljob.c:989: warning: unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 4)
tcljob.c:989: warning: unsigned int format, time_t arg (arg 5)
tcljob.c:989: warning: unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 4)
tcljob.c:989: warning: unsigned int format, time_t arg (arg 5)
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
tcljob.c:83: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used
...
...
tclset.c: In function `NsTclSetObjCmd':
tclset.c:333: warning: passing arg 2 of `Ns_SetSplit' with different width due to prototype
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
tclset.c:36: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used
tclset.c:801: warning: `BadArgs' defined but not used

urlopen.c: In function `Ns_FetchURL':
urlopen.c:164: warning: passing arg 3 of `send' as unsigned due to prototype
/usr/include/stdlib.h: At top level:
urlopen.c:36: warning: `RCSID' defined but not used

No warnings can be confusing to. I followed the docs and installed PG7.4.2 the "Safe" way from source. No errors occured. But to my surprise "psql -V" returned 7.2.2 (installed by the RH8 distribution...) Did I do something wrong or should I just move /usr/local/psql/bin before /usr/bin/ in the PATH (in ~postgres/.bashrc)?

Actually, nspostgres did compile with "make install POSTGRES=/usr/local/pgsql ACS=1 INST=/usr/local/aolserver" instead of "INST=/usr/local/aolserver40r2". I think this should be changed in the docs.
But it didn't solve the following warnings:

[root@localhost nspostgres]# make install POSTGRES=/usr/local/pgsql ACS=1 INST=/usr/local/aolserver     
gcc -pipe -DBIND_EMULATION -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -DFOR_ACS_USE -O -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -Wall -Wconversion -Wno-implc
cc1: warning: changing search order for system directory "/usr/local/include"
cc1: warning:   as it has already been specified as a non-system directory
nspostgres.c: In function `Ns_PgTableList':
nspostgres.c:679: warning: passing arg 3 of `Tcl_DStringAppend' as signed due to prototype
nspostgres.c: In function `encode3':
nspostgres.c:749: warning: passing arg 1 of `enc_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:750: warning: passing arg 1 of `enc_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:751: warning: passing arg 1 of `enc_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:752: warning: passing arg 1 of `enc_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c: In function `decode3':
nspostgres.c:772: warning: passing arg 1 of `get_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:773: warning: passing arg 1 of `get_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:774: warning: passing arg 1 of `get_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c:775: warning: passing arg 1 of `get_one' with different width due to prototype
nspostgres.c: In function `stream_actually_write':
nspostgres.c:864: warning: passing arg 3 of `write' as unsigned due to prototype
nspostgres.c: In function `blob_send_to_stream':
nspostgres.c:980: warning: `fd' might be used uninitialized in this function
nspostgres.c:982: warning: `conn' might be used uninitialized in this function
nspostgres.c: In function `parse_bind_variables':
nspostgres.c:1211: warning: unused variable `first_bind'
nspostgres.c: In function `PgBindCmd':
nspostgres.c:1327: warning: unused variable `value_frag_len'
/bin/rm -f nspostgres.so
gcc -pipe -shared -nostartfiles -L/usr/local/aolserver/lib -o nspostgres.so nspostgres.o -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lpq -lnsdb -lnsthread -lnsd b
/usr/local/aolserver/bin/install-sh -c nspostgres.so /usr/local/aolserver/bin/
[root@localhost nspostgres]#

Anyhow, postmaster seems to start fine from the correct directory but the installation problems with nspostgres don't disappear. There is only one error I saw during 7.4.2. "make all".

In file included from preproc.y:6330:
pgc.c: In function `yylex':
pgc.c:1436: warning: label `find_rule' defined but not used
/usr/include/ctype.h: At top level:
pgc.c:3417: warning: `yy_flex_realloc' defined but not used

I dumped RedHat and installed FreeBSD 5.2.1
It is very pleasant to work with, BTW.

However the same errors that I posted above appeared. The docs state that there might be something wrong with PG installation directories. I check 100 times, but found nothing wrong

Again Aolserver didn't start. This time I checked the right server log C😊 and found that:
ns_param  nsrewrite          ${bindir}/nsrewrite.so
wasn't commented out in dotLRN 2.0.3 (fixed in 5.1rc1)

So:
- it is a good thing that FreeBSD5.2.1. / PG 7.4.2 /AOL4 combination works.
- some warnings mean nothing but are confusing especially if the docs stress there might be something wrong
- eventhough there are warnings during the process,  installation may succeed or may fail due to unrelated errors (that are evident in the logs only).
- I wonder if we can change the warnings of nspostgres "make install"