On 06/21/2011 06:49 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Rob Sargent <robjsargent@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Seems to me a lot of the needed standard libraries are in '/lib64' and >> the linker isn't looking for them there? So far I've hit libreadline >> and libz. Do I just keep making the sim-links into /usr/lib64? > > Most of the required libraries are in /lib64 on my Fedora box, too, > and it works just fine. You have not provided any information that > would let anyone diagnose your problem, but making random symlinks > in /usr/lib64 doesn't sound like the right path to a solution. > > regards, tom lane Here's what I hope is relevant: gcc --version gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585] Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Here's my config call: ./configure --with-python --with-openssl --with-ldap --with-ossp-uuid --with-libxml --with-libxslt --enable-debug --prefix=/opt/PostgreSQL/9.1 The tail of config.log follows. As I confessed, libreadline had to be simlinked into /usr/lib64, then I hit libz (as this log shows) and started to doubt myself (even more). configure:8316: checking for library containing readline configure:8358: gcc -o conftest -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -g -D_GNU_SOURCE conftest.c -lreadline -lcrypt -ldl -lm >&5 configure:8365: $? = 0 configure:8405: result: -lreadline configure:8432: checking for inflate in -lz configure:8467: gcc -o conftest -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -g -D_GNU_SOURCE conftest.c -lz -lreadline -lcrypt -ldl -lm >&5 /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.5/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lz collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure:8474: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "PostgreSQL" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "postgresql" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "9.1beta2" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "PostgreSQL 9.1beta2" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "pgsql-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" | #define PG_VERSION "9.1beta2" | #define PG_MAJORVERSION "9.1" | #define USE_INTEGER_DATETIMES 1 | #define DEF_PGPORT 5432 | #define DEF_PGPORT_STR "5432" | #define BLCKSZ 8192 | #define RELSEG_SIZE 131072 | #define XLOG_BLCKSZ 8192 | #define XLOG_SEG_SIZE (16 * 1024 * 1024) | #define ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY 1 | #define PG_KRB_SRVNAM "postgres" | #define USE_LDAP 1 | #define USE_SSL 1 | #define USE_LIBXML 1 | #define USE_LIBXSLT 1 | #define HAVE_LIBM 1 | #define HAVE_LIBREADLINE 1 | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | /* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error. | Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC | builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ | #ifdef __cplusplus | extern "C" | #endif | char inflate (); | int | main () | { | return inflate (); | ; | return 0; | } configure:8495: result: no configure:8508: error: zlib library not found If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory. Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general