Re: Problem with ./configure script? - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

From Jason Tishler
Subject Re: Problem with ./configure script?
Date
Msg-id 20010918101517.A1332@dothill.com
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In response to Problem with ./configure script?  ("Tony Culshaw" <tculshaw@bigpond.net.au>)
List pgsql-cygwin
Tony,

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:47:23PM +1000, Tony Culshaw wrote:
> I downloaded and *** compiled *** the cygipc source without errors, and
> installed as a service - no worries.

See below...

> $ ./configure
> [snip]
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
>
> tony@CULTECH1 /postgresql-7.1.3
> $
>
> **********************************
>
> Here's the config.log file:
>
> **********************************
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>
> [snip]
> configure:1349: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works
> configure:1365: gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c -lcygipc 1>&5
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lcygipc
              ^^^^^^^^
              ********

> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:

Did you forget to do a "make install" for cygipc?

BTW, why don't you just use the pre-built cygipc and PostgreSQL
distributions?

Jason

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