Re: Pg and libperl issue

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>
> I built 7.1RC1 last march and Pg.so was created.
> I built 7.1.2 since then, but the time stamp for Pg.so is from the 7.1RC1
> build.
> I built 7.1.3 a few minutes ago and I am getting an error because
> libperl is not shared. It seems both Pg and PL/Perl are controlled
> by the --with-perl config option.
> I can live without PL/Perl for the immediate future, but would like
> to get Pg.so updated.
>
> I am not sure if this is a change in how postgres builds or if I did
> something different.
>
> I don't think Pg needs libperl to be shared, so it would be nice if
> there was a way to enable one of these (Pg) without the other (so that
> make doesn't die).
>
> In the short run I am going to look at the make files and get PL/Perl
> to not die (or not have make run in that directory).
>
> I am doing the build on a redhat 6.1 system. I am using the rpm version
> of perl (perl-5.00503-6), but have added on a number of modules (from
> cpan, but installed by hand).

I have a simple mod to the perl RPM that make the libperl.so in addition
to perl itself. My mods are for a redhat7.1 system, but it may not be
too difficult to retrofit.

Any interest?

--
Karl