Re: [HACKERS] HEAD doesn't cope with libraries in non-default locations

Tom Lane wrote:
> CVS tip fails with
> ./configure --with-openssl \
> --with-includes=/usr/local/ssl/include --with-libs=/usr/local/ssl/lib
>
> ...
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/postgres/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq'
> ...
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld +h libpq.sl.4 -b +b /home/postgres/testversion/lib fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-print.o fe-lobj.o fe-protocol2.o fe-protocol3.o pqexpbuffer.o pqsignal.o fe-secure.o md5.o ip.o wchar.o encnames.o noblock.o pgstrcasecmp.o thread.o getaddrinfo.o -lssl -lcrypto `gcc -L../../../src/port -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -Wl,-z -Wl,+b -Wl,/home/postgres/testversion/lib -print-libgcc-file-name` -L../../../src/port -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -o libpq.sl.4
> /usr/ccs/bin/ld: Can't find library for -lssl
> make[3]: *** [libpq.sl.4] Error 1
>
> It appears that somebody has changed things so that the -L switches
> appear after the -l switches (ie, too late). I'm too tired to
> investigate now, but my money is on Autoconf 2.59 being the problem ...

I wonder if it was this commit. I am attaching the patch so you can
test to see if it fixes it. If it does, please let us know.

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revision 1.91
date: 2005/07/02 23:28:22; author: momjian; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2
> A quick look shows that when you use --with-libraries=/foo/bar the
> generated link line for libraries says
>
> -L/foo/bar -lpq
>
> and it should probably be the other way around (as it is for the
> executables).
>
> So I suspect we need some makefile tuning.

You were correct. This patch fixes it.

Jim C. Nasby

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