Alexander Farber wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to compile a libpq program under Debian 3.1r2 with these > packages installed: > > $ dpkg -l | grep postgres > ii postgresql 7.4.7-6sarge2 object-relational SQL database > management sy > ii postgresql-cli 7.4.7-6sarge2 front-end programs for PostgreSQL > ii postgresql-con 7.4.7-6sarge2 additional facilities for PostgreSQL > ii postgresql-dev 7.4.7-6sarge2 development files for libpq > (PostgreSQL libr > ii postgresql-doc 7.4.7-6sarge2 documentation for the PostgreSQL > database ma > > That program compiles and works fine with OpenBSD > and Cygwin (I'm using PostgreSQL 8.x there though...) > > On Debian it unfortunately doesn't link: > > $ gcc build/pref.o build/message.o build/pgsql.o build/user.o > build/util.o build/table.o build/common.o build/array.o > build/xstring.o build/strlcpy.o build/strlcat.o build/daemon.o -o pref > -L /usr/lib -L /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -lpq > build/pgsql.o(.text+0x15b): In function `db_prepare': > server/pgsql.c:57: undefined reference to `PQprepare' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > $ pg_config --version > PostgreSQL 7.4.7 > > $ pg_config --libdir > /usr/lib > > $ objdump -x /usr/lib/libpq.a | grep -i PQprepare > 00000000 *UND* 00000000 pqPrepareAsyncResult > 00001974 R_386_PLT32 pqPrepareAsyncResult > 00000490 g F .text 0000007d pqPrepareAsyncResult > 000012e5 R_386_PLT32 pqPrepareAsyncResult > 0000130a R_386_PLT32 pqPrepareAsyncResult > 00000000 *UND* 00000000 pqPrepareAsyncResult > 00001841 R_386_PLT32 pqPrepareAsyncResult > > There are very few hits for the "undefined reference PQprepare" > on Google (which I take a good sign :-) > > Does anybody have an idea please, what could I be doing wrong? there is no PQprepare in 7.4 - it got introduced in 8.0 (it is not mentioned in the 7.4 manual either) ... Stefan
