RE: SAP DB 7.4 build problems on Red Hat Linux 8.0

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Dittmar, Daniel wrote:

> > > ...
> > which directory is the build system trying to access here?
> 
> Could you run 'strace dbmcli -s -R $INSTROOT inst_reg -k $INSTROOT -c'
> to see which system calls gets an error? It worked on my machine after I 
> removed all the directories, so I don't know exactly what's going wrong.

i straced dbmcli and noticed that dbmcli is trying to create a temporary
file in /usr/spool/sql/ini (SAP_DBTech.ini.kwaDmw). should the software be
built as root or can i do it as a regular user?

could you add a mention about the required GNU Bison version (1.28 works,
1.35 doesn't) in the build instructions found in
http://www.sapdb.org/7.4/develop/dev_linux.htm. also, ActivePerl doesn't
seem to be strictly required, normal Perl v5.005 does just fine.

which target should i be using when building the SAP DB server?

what's the correct way to change the installation path of compiled the
software? by default the build system places compiled binaries in
SAPDB_DEV/usr under the build tree. what if i want the binaries to be
placed under /opt/sapdb for example? i've tried changing INSTROOT in
V74_03_14/initDev_SAPDB but that doesn't seem to have an effect. i also
tried changing DBROOT but that made the compilation system brake down
because PATH settings for example depend on DBROOT.


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