On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 18:39 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Rafal Pietrak <rafal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > postmaster/postmaster.o: In function `PostmasterMain':^M > > postmaster.c:(.text+0x4bc8): undefined reference to `optreset'^M > > tcop/postgres.o: In function `process_postgres_switches':^M > > postgres.c:(.text+0x1422): undefined reference to `optreset'^M > > utils/misc/ps_status.o: In function `set_ps_display':^M > > ps_status.c:(.text+0xd4): undefined reference to `setproctitle'^M > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M > > make[2]: *** [postgres] Error 1^M > > We've heard of this happening as a result of libedit pulling in libbsd, > which provides (broken) versions of these symbols and thus confuses > configure into thinking they're present. The "-ledit" in your link line > suggests that you are linking to libedit, but the rest of that is just > guesswork. I'd suggest installing readline to see if the problem goes > away. > > Here's a previous report: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2011-11/msg00790.php > > regards, tom lane Thenx. The readline trail worked for me too, but in a somewhat different way (I haven't read the full thread before trying): 1. in my case: this is debian-squeeze, not ubuntu; but this should not really matter. 2. initially, I've pulled all the build dependencies for postgresql-8.4, as they are in debian source package. This installed libedit-dev, and consequently my initial failure. 3. so after having this libedit/readline hint, I've purged libedit-dev, and installed readline6-dev instead (didn't have to build it from sources). 4. this didn't help 5. but running ./configure --with-readline did. and the build ended up cleanly. What puzzles me, is that in "configure.in:675", the selection of libedit v.s. readline is commented with a timemark dated 2004 - since then things should have changed in those libs, shouldn't they? And then, the comment proceeds a test which is only taken on win32 architecture, but then follows libedit preference for everybody. Was this libedit/readline issue just the case for win32? and is it still valid? -R -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
