Tom Lane writes: > rjhb@xxxxxxx (Rainer J.H. Brandt) writes: > > I got this initdb error for a 64bit-build on macOS El Capitan and Sierra: > > > creating conversions ... FATAL: could not load library "/opt/bb/170704/lib/postgresql/ascii_and_mic.so": dlopen(/opt/bb/170704/lib/postgresql/ascii_and_mic.so, 10): Symbol not found: _check_encoding_conversion_args > > Referenced from: /opt/bb/170704/lib/postgresql/ascii_and_mic.so > > Expected in: /opt/bb/170704/bin/postgres > > in /opt/bb/170704/lib/postgresql/ascii_and_mic.so > > check_encoding_conversion_args() should certainly be there in any PG > version released since 2009 (see src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c). But it's > unreferenced in the core Postgres executable, only in the loadable > conversion libraries. I wonder if you have somehow enabled a link-time > optimization to remove "unreferenced" symbols, or at least not export them > to libraries. Are you using Apple's stock toolchain, or something else? Yes: current Xcode, nothing else. > > I configured with ./configure CC='gcc -m64' --prefix=/opt/bb/170704 > > and also tried with CFLAGS=-m64 LDFLAGS=-m64. > > With the same procedures, but 32-bit-builds, I don't get this error, > > and everything works fine. Unfortunately, I need the 64-bit version. > > This makes little sense to me. 64-bit builds have been the default on > macOS for some time. Good to know. I removed those options and tried again. > It's possible that by overriding LDFLAGS you're removing linker switches > that need to be there ... Thanks for that suggestion. I'm now using this (with 9.6.3): ./configure PERL=/opt/bb/170704/bin/perl --with-perl --prefix=/opt/bb/170704 I still get the error. I don't see how Perl can make the difference, but I guess it's not relevant that I can't see it ;-( Thanks for taking the time to answer. Rainer -- Email: rjhb@xxxxxxx Telefon: 0172/9593205 Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
