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Re: Failed install - libgen.so doesn't exist


  • From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Larry Rosenman <lrosenman(at)pervasive(dot)com>
  • Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, flyvholm(at)fys(dot)ku(dot)dk, pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Failed install - libgen.so doesn't exist
  • Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:04:01 -0500 (EST)
  • Message-id: <200602011704.k11H41t25436@candle.pha.pa.us> <text/plain>

Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >>>> Agreed.  Anyone want to do the legwork?
> >>> 
> >>> It's not possible for any one person to do the legwork, but if
> >>> several people would look to see what the story is on their
> >>> platforms, we would have enough info to get started.  We need to
> >>> know which libraries actually get sucked in and some plausible
> >>> exported names to test for each one. 
> >>> 
> >>> I'll report on HPUX, Linux, and OSX later today, if no one beats me
> >>> to it.
> >> 
> >> You want the Makefile.global LIBS line?  On BSD/OS it is:
> >> 
> >> 	LIBS = -lintl -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lreadline -ltermcap -lgetopt \
> >> 		-lcompat -lipc -ldl -lm -lutil
> > 
> > Uh, can't we pull this line from all the buildfarm members and just
> > aggregate all the used libraries?
> 
> the issue is whether they actually export symbols that are NEEDED.

Yea, ouch.  This is going to be a pain.

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