Re: postgresql and Mac OS X

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Tom Allison <tom(at)tacocat(dot)net> wrote:
> Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz wrote:
>>
>> I feel good about control here, and I certainly don't have any problems.
>> So, please don't whine :)
>> Especially since I want to run cvs head, and be able to actually update it
>> from cvs when I want to, that's the only choice. Postgresql is so easy to
>> get from sources, compared to other software packages, I can't understand
>> people even with slightest expierence in unix to have any problems with it.
>
> I tried getting a source install on my mac book yesterday and today.
> It's not a normal *nix installation. The location of the files are all
> non-standard.
> 'make' is prefixed by /Developer/usr/bin/.
>
> I added /Developer/usr/bin to PATH and tried ./configure.
>
> checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin9.5.0
> checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin9.5.0
> checking which template to use... darwin
> checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no
> checking whether NLS is wanted... no
> checking for default port number... 5432
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
> compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
>
> config.log shows an exit code of 77 with a statement that compiler cannot
> create executables. ???
>
>
> configure:2213: $? = 0
> configure:2215: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i686-apple-darwin9
> Configured with: /var/tmp/gcc/gcc-5488~2/src/configure --disable-checking
> -enabl
> e-werror --prefix=/usr --mandir=/share/man
> --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++
> --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.0/
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/includ
> e/c++/4.0.0 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin9
> --with-arch=apple
> --with-tune=generic --host=i686-apple-darwin9 --target=i686-apple-darwin9
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5488)
> configure:2218: $? = 0
> configure:2220: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
> gcc-4.0: argument to `-V' is missing
> configure:2223: $? = 1
> configure:2246: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:2249: gcc conftest.c >&5
> ld: library not found for -lcrt1.10.5.o
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:2252: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
>
>
> I think he questin is, what lib was missing so I can go find it and add it
> to some path/dir variable?
>

I think you need to install the developer tools.

I compile postgresql from sources with no problem on osx 10.5.4 but I
installed developer tools before.

The library which is missing is the following:

> configure:2246: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:2249: gcc conftest.c >&5
> ld: library not found for -lcrt1.10.5.o <---------

crt1.10.5.o

I hope it helps.

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Regards,

Francisco Figueiredo Jr.
Npgsql Lead Developer
http://fxjr.blogspot.com
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