Re: Compiling 7.2.3 on RH 8.0

"Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> For the first time, I'm trying to compile 7.2.3 on a RedHat 8.0 server.
> I'm normally a SuSE user, so I've hit a bit of a wall.
> I'm getting errors like this when I try to compile Postgres:

It works out-of-the-box for me on a vanilla RH 8.0 installation.
You do need libtermcap, but that's installed by default, AFAIK.

>> configure:5800: checking for readline
>> configure:5837: gcc -o conftest -O2 -L/usr/lib
>> conftest.c -lreadline -lcrypt -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lbsd >&5
>> /usr/lib/libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum'

Hm, you sure this is 7.2.3's configure? The line numbers seem way off.

FWIW, here is the section from config.log showing configure probing for
readline libraries, as just run from 7.2-branch sources on my RH 8.0
box. The first test without -ltermcap fails, but the try with it succeeds.

...
configure:3151: checking for perl
configure:3288: checking for readline
configure:3310: gcc -o conftest -O2 -g conftest.c -lreadline 1>&5
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetnum'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgoto'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetflag'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `BC'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tputs'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `PC'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetent'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `UP'
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/../../../libreadline.so: undefined reference to `tgetstr'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 3299 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
char readline();

int main() {
readline()
; return 0; }
configure:3310: gcc -o conftest -O2 -g conftest.c -ledit 1>&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ledit
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 3299 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */
char readline();

int main() {
readline()
; return 0; }
configure:3310: gcc -o conftest -O2 -g conftest.c -lreadline -ltermcap 1>&5
configure:3349: checking for library containing using_history
...

regards, tom lane