RE: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Configuration problems in PostgreSQ L 6.3.2 on Linux-ELF

How about removing LINUX_ELF from all Makefile.in's?

Michael

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:    The Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]
> Sent:    Tuesday, April 21, 1998 2:01 PM
> To:    Constantin Teodorescu
> Cc:    Thomas G. Lockhart; Bruce Momjian; PostgreSQL-development
> Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] Configuration problems in
> PostgreSQL 6.3.2 on Linux-ELF
>
> On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Constantin Teodorescu wrote:
>
> > The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Yes, I asked earlier why LINUX_ELF was not being defined, and
> no Linux
> > > > > user offered an answer.  Solutions, folks?  When our own
> pgaccess guy
> > > > > can't get libpgtcl to compile, we have a problem.  Do we need
> a patch?
> > > >
> > > > Uh, I think this is a question for Marc. What would he expect to
> be
> > > > defined for a platform? I'm pretty sure LINUX_ELF is supposed to
> be
> > > > replaces with, for example, "defined(_GCC_) && defined(linux)"
> or
> > > > something to that effect.
> > > >
> > > > Marc?
> > >
> > >         I sort of ignored this one, being a Linux problem :(
> Constantin,
> > > what sort of error message(s) are you seeing and where?  I'll be
> more
> > > attentive this time, promise :)
> >
> > So. I tried to compile PostgreSQL from scratch, as I usual do with
> every
> > version.
> > $ cd /usr/src/postgresql-6.3.2
> > $ cd src
> > $ ./configure
> >
> > At this point, it shows a lot of configuration files and usually
> asked
> > me if {linux-elf} it's ok for me.
> > This time, he didn't do so. He start running and checking all sort
> of
> > programs and libraries and finally ended.
>
>     I removed the "question" phase, since there was already the
> --with-template= feature in configure...it will try to determine and
> use
> what it feels is appropriate based on a 'uname -s', which doesn't take
> into consideration different versions of an OS...
>
> > Compiling all (gmake all) I noticed that in src/interfaces/libpgtcl
> > there isn't a libpgtcl.so library and in src/interfaces/libpq there
> > isn't libpq.so.
> >
> > I succeeded getting that libraries editing by hand the Makefile in
> those
> > two directories and introducing a new line LINUX_ELF=true, then make
> > clean and make again. I copied libpgtcl.so and libpq.so in my /lib
> > directory and PgAccess work now. But for someone who did not know
> how to
> > do that, it could be quit embarassing.
>
>     Thoughts on how this might be fixed? :(
>
>