Thread: Re: [ADMIN] Still having trouble compiling Postgresql

> Hi guys,
> I ran another couple of attempted compiles of Postgresql,
> which unfortunately are still failing.
> (attached is the latest make.log).
[...]
> I'm using SuSE Linux 5.1. Is this a supported platform ?
> The point where the compile crashed was an inability to find
> function readline in psql.c, yet the routine readline.c has that
> routine. Beats me !!

SuSE Linux has caused the most problems of the various flavours.
The problems with curses are explained in the Linux-specific
FAQ.

Andrew

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Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk> writes:

|   SuSE Linux has caused the most problems of the various flavours.

Thanks ;-)

|   The problems with curses are explained in the Linux-specific
|   FAQ.

Most of them are out-of-date -- after releasing S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 with
PostgreSQL 6.3.2 (August '98) I'll send corrections to the FAQ.

The "problem" is, that configure.in/configure don't check for ncurses;
I'm sure PostgreSQL 6.4 will do.  In the meantime, please use my small
patch available at:

    http://www.PostgreSQL.ORG/mhonarc/pgsql-patches/msg00407.html

or

    http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb/ke_postgresql-632.html (with notes in
                                                           german, sorry).

Nice day,

Karl

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