Re: Problem installing postgresql with cygwin

is there a reason you need to build from source? if not, just install the
binary that's part of the cygwin distro.

On 27 Aug 2002, atanu roy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install postgresql on Windows2000. I have
> installed
> cygwin, cygipc. I have installed ipc-daemon as a service and
> started it.
>
> I downloaded the postgresql-7.2.1 distribution under cygwin
> distribution's
> /usr/src/postgresql-7.2.1/
>
> As the first step to install postgresql when I run the ./config
> script
> I get the following error:
>
> $ ./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 NLS is wanted... 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 create executables.
>
> I am completely at a loss as I have to meet some deadline.
>
> Regards
> Atanu Roy
>
>
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