Re: Failed install - libgen.so doesn't exist

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Now that we have the buildfarm I think that experimentation with this
> >> sort of thing is a lot less risky than it used to be.  I think we should
> >> be working towards a project policy that AC_CHECK_LIB calls shalt not
> >> use "main", but must name some symbol exported by the expected library.
> >> If we can't find out what symbols the library is expected to provide,
> >> it's time to dike it out.
>
> > Agreed.  Anyone want to do the legwork?
>
> It's not possible for any one person to do the legwork, but if several
> people would look to see what the story is on their platforms, we would
> have enough info to get started.  We need to know which libraries
> actually get sucked in and some plausible exported names to test for
> each one.
>
> I'll report on HPUX, Linux, and OSX later today, if no one beats me to
> it.

You want the Makefile.global LIBS line?  On BSD/OS it is:

    LIBS = -lintl -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lreadline -ltermcap -lgetopt \
        -lcompat -lipc -ldl -lm -lutil

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