Re: MacOS X Build Fails

I'll be the first to say I have something different... All I can say is
"newer"... Still, soon everyone will have what is "newer" and if possible,
it would be good to fix it... It used to compile out of the box.

I'll try with "--disable-shared" and let y'all know.

> From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 01:48:41 +0200 (CEST)
> To: Hunter Hillegas <lists(at)lastonepicked(dot)com>
> Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] MacOS X Build Fails
>
>> cc -traditional-cpp -g -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations
>> -bundle -undefined suppress -bundle -undefined suppress fe-auth.o
>> fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-print.o fe-lobj.o pqexpbuffer.o dllist.o
>> pqsignal.o -o libpq.so.2.1
>> /usr/bin/ld: -undefined error must be used when -twolevel_namespace is in
>> effect
>> make[3]: *** [libpq.so.2.1] Error 1
>
> I don't use MacOS X, but I'm positive there are people who have previously
> used PostgreSQL on MacOS X successfully. So please consider the
> possibility that you have something unusual (newer/older/different) in
> your setup.
>
> However, I'm pretty sure that the Darwin shared library support in
> PostgreSQL is broken. In particular, Darwin uses two different file
> formats for linkable shared libraries and dynamically openable modules,
> yet PostgreSQL uses the same commands to build both kinds. So right now
> you might be better off configuring with --disable-shared.
> Unfortunately, I don't know if that option actually works. :-(