Re: Question on libpq.so

[Chris <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com>]

L. Zhao wrote:
> We are in the process of upgrading our postgres database from 7.4 to 8.2 
> on Redhat ES4 server.  Postgresql uses libpq.so.5.0, while libpq.so.3 
> was initially installed and is needed by php.  I did the postgresql 
> 8.2.10 installation without dependency:
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps postgresql-*.rpm

Was there a reason why you had to use --nodeps? Exactly which rpms did 
you install?

> Then I try to recompile PHP 4.3.9 rpm, hoping that it will point to the 
> new postgres so.  The compilation failed with the error:
> Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php4/pgsql.so' - libpq.so.3: 
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on 
> line 0

As Alan pointed out, this is a runtime error not a compile error. How 
did you rebuild the php 4.3.9 rpm? Any errors during that process?

> Can PHP 4.3 work with postgresql 8.2, and how can I point PHP rpm to use 
> libpq.so.5?  Thanks.

Once you have it compiled properly it should work fine.

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