On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Christensen <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> If you have a libossp-uuid.so.16, you might try symlinking libuuid.so.16 >>> to that instead of carrying a separate file. > >> So now what you're saying is if it's not broke, fix it till it is :) > > Well, it's hard to argue with that position ;-). But I'll try anyway: > the platform-provided version of the library will be updated for bug > fixes, compatibility rebuilds, etc. Your private copy won't be, unless > you remember to do it. Eventually that's gonna bite ya. > > Of course the best fix would be for EDB to ship a build of Postgres > that actually follows the platform-standard naming convention for this > library. I'm still wondering why they're linking to libuuid.so. > Dave? Because that's what comes with ossp-uuid 1.6.2, and I assume is what configure chooses when we use --with-ossp-uuid: [buildfarm@bf2-linux ~]$ uuid-config --libs -luuid FYI, there was also a bug in the installer which didn't copy the library properly, which has been fixed for 9.0.2. -- Dave Page PostgreSQL Core Team http://www.postgresql.org/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
