Jim Rosenberg wrote: > --On Saturday, March 3, 2007 11:24 PM -0500 Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>> I am trying to build PostgreSQL 8.2.3 on OpenBSD 4.0. When I give the >>> command >> >>> ./configure -v --with-openssl --with-krb5 >>> --with-includes=/usr/include/kerberosV >> >>> I get: >> >>> checking for library containing com_err... no >>> configure: error: could not find function 'com_err' required for >>> Kerberos 5 >> >> Perhaps you need a --with-libs switch too? Usually, if the package >> didn't put its include files right in /usr/include, it likely didn't >> put the libraries right in /usr/lib either. > > Hmm. libkrb5 is in /usr/lib -- with all the rest of the libs -- not > somewhere special. > > I also have /usr/lib/libcom_err.a too, and it seems to have com_err.o > also. Putting in an explicit > > ./configure --with-openssl --with-krb5 > --with-includes=/usr/include/kerberosV > --with-libs=/usr/lib FWIW - we have a buildfarm box running OpenBSD 4.0/AMD64 - and it is using the following configuration: http://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=zebra&dt=2007-03-02%2013:18:04 I vaguely remember I had some kerberos-related issues too when I set up that box but the above configuration is working :-) Stefan