Thread: cnnot run configure

$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking which template to use... win
checking whether to build with locale support... no
checking whether to build with recode support... no
checking whether to build with multibyte character support... no
checking whether to build with Unicode conversion support... no
checking for default port number... 5432
checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
using CFLAGS=-O2
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot creat
e executables.


He,
Who is capable of attempting the absurd,
Is capable of achieving the impossible.

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Arman,

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:37:23AM -0800, Arman Anwar wrote:
> $ ./configure
> [snip]
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

Install cygipc.

Read the README:

    http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.1.3.README.txt

Jason

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 01:32:59PM -0800, Arman Anwar wrote:
> I figured out that part and now am having some problems with the src/backend/
> storage/ipc module.
>
> Thanks a million for the help :-)

You are welcome.

BTW, why don't you use the pre-built PostgreSQL that is part of the
standard Cygwin distribution?

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2002/msg00022.html

Jason