Re: Error in make for postgresql8.3RC1 - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Error in make for postgresql8.3RC1
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Msg-id 25887.1199944079@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Error in make for postgresql8.3RC1  ("G. J. Walsh" <gjwalsh@dscdirectionalservices.com>)
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"G. J. Walsh" <gjwalsh@dscdirectionalservices.com> writes:
> The make command results in 2 errors, repeated over and over again
> throughout the log file.

> The first instance looks like this:

> configure: 2682 gcc -c-g -0@ conftest.c >&5
> conftest.c:2: error: expected '=',',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__'
> before 'me'
> configure: 2688: $?=1
> configure: failed program was:
> | #ifndef __cplusplus
> | choke me
> | #endif
> configure: 2844: gcc -c -g -02 conftest.c >&5

Uh, that is not "make" output.  That is configure probing for things,
and when it doesn't find some feature (which is not unexpected) the
log might well look like the above.

Try actually running "make" ...

            regards, tom lane

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