Re: Problem with compiling postgresql-8.2.1

[Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>]

Bernd Nicklas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i've got a problem with compiling postgresql-8.2.1.
> My operating system distribution is ubuntu-6.10 with gnu make-3.81-2 and 
> gcc-4.1.1.
> The last few output lines of gmake are:
> 
> make -C makefiles all
> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src/makefiles'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src/makefiles'
> make -C test/regress all
> make: Entering an unknown directory
> make: *** test/regress: No such file or directory.  Stop.
> make: Leaving an unknown directory
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

What are you compiling?  Sounds like you got the "postgresql-base"
tarball or some such, which doesn't include the regression test files.
Try downloading the full tarball (I don't know what is it named).

I wonder if it isn't time to remove the split tarballs.  Do they buy us
anything?

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