David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
> Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
> 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:
> configure:4357: gcc -o conftest conftest.c -lbsd >&5
> ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found
This is just how configure looks to see if you have particular
libraries. Nothing surprising here.
> With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;
You omitted to show us the failure that actually means something.
regards, tom lane