On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 00:03 +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 04:20 +0530, Dave Page wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Guillaume Lelarge
> > <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > It seems our configure script doesn't detect SSL support in libpq. It
> > > detects the SSL library though.
> > >
> > > The following patch fixes it, but I'm not sure of it as I'm in no way an
> > > expert in those things;
> > >
> > > diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
> > > index 4030966..0640a68 100644
> > > --- a/acinclude.m4
> > > +++ b/acinclude.m4
> > > @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SETUP_POSTGRESQL],
> > > PG_SSL="no"
> > > fi
> > > else
> > > - AC_CHECK_LIB(pq, SSL_connect,
> > > [PG_SSL=yes], [PG_SSL=no])
> > > + AC_CHECK_LIB(pq, SSL_connect,
> > > [PG_SSL=yes], [PG_SSL=no], "-lssl")
> > > fi
> > > fi
> > > else
> > >
> > > Any comments would be appreciated :)
> >
> > What exactly are you trying to fix? I spent quite a while on this last
> > cycle and though I'd ironed out all the wrinkles. Note that -lssl
> > isn't always enough - on some platforms you'll also need -lcrypt (or
> > -lcrypto, I forget which).
> >
>
> Well, without this patch, I always get a "PostgreSQL SSL support:
> Missing" message after configure. config.log shows this:
>
> configure:5737: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -L/opt/postgresql-head/lib
> conftest.c -lpq >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccAr1HM4.o: undefined reference to symbol
> 'SSL_connect'
> /usr/bin/ld: note: 'SSL_connect' is defined in
> DSO /usr/lib64/libssl.so.10 so try adding it to the linker command line
> /usr/lib64/libssl.so.10: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> My full config.log is attached.
>
> And actually, I'm not alone having issues with SSL. See
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pgadmin3/+bug/780565.
>
BTW, Fedora users also have this issue. I cannot say it's exactly the
same issue, but, on Fedora 16, I can't use the SSL combobox on the
server dialog.
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Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
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