Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Rickard <David(dot)Rickard(at)GTScompanies(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org, Judith Strawser <judiths(at)GTScompanies(dot)com>, Don Walters <dwalters(at)GTScompanies(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?
Date: 2003-09-04 02:05:51
Message-ID: 2014.1062641151@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Rickard <David(dot)Rickard(at)GTScompanies(dot)com> writes:
> Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
> 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

> configure:4357: gcc -o conftest conftest.c -lbsd >&5
> ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found

This is just how configure looks to see if you have particular
libraries. Nothing surprising here.

> With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;

You omitted to show us the failure that actually means something.

regards, tom lane

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