Thread: BUG #2844: gmake install fails

BUG #2844: gmake install fails

From
"Jessica"
Date:
The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      2844
Logged by:          Jessica
Email address:      hxq7681@rit.edu
PostgreSQL version: 8.2
Operating system:   Unix
Description:        gmake install fails
Details:

bash-3.00$ gmake install
gmake -C doc install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
gmake -C src install
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
/bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src'
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql"; Permission denied
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib"; No such file or
directory
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs"; No such file or
directory
mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src"; No such
file or directory
gmake[1]: *** [installdirs-local] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
gmake: *** [install] Error 2

Re: BUG #2844: gmake install fails

From
Matthias.Pitzl@izb.de
Date:
That's no bug of PostgreSQL or even gmake.
You have to execute the gmake install command as user root or use
destination directories you can write to as regular user.

Greetings,
Matthias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-bugs-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-bugs-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Jessica
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:44 PM
> To: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
> Subject: [BUGS] BUG #2844: gmake install fails
>
>
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      2844
> Logged by:          Jessica
> Email address:      hxq7681@rit.edu
> PostgreSQL version: 8.2
> Operating system:   Unix
> Description:        gmake install fails
> Details:
>
> bash-3.00$ gmake install
> gmake -C doc install
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
> gmake[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/doc'
> gmake -C src install
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
> /bin/sh ../config/mkinstalldirs '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src'
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql
> mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql"; Permission denied
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib
> mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib"; No
> such file or
> directory
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs
> mkdir: Failed to make directory "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs";
> No such file or
> directory
> mkdir /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src
> mkdir: Failed to make directory
> "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src"; No such
> file or directory
> gmake[1]: *** [installdirs-local] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/src'
> gmake: *** [install] Error 2
>
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