On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Was building pgsql 8.3.8 from source on a new install of Centos 5.2, >> and got this error from ./configure --with-libxml : > >> checking for xmlSaveToBuffer in -lxml2... no >> configure: error: library 'xml2' (version >= 2.6.23) is required for XML support > >> But I had libxml2 v 2.6.26 or so installed. The real problem was that >> libxml2-devel wasn't installed. > > Well, in point of fact the library is *not* there so far as configure > can tell --- there's no libxml2.so or libxml2.a file. And in any case Ahhh, I see, the regular rpm installs the libxml2.so, the -devel installs the link to libxml2.so.2.6.26 Got it. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
