bug 1627 on current versions of postgres and macos

i'm seeing bug 1627 - fails to compile on current versions (the bug
is reported against previous versions): postgresql 8.1.3 on mac os
10.4.6 fails to build:

ar crs libpq.a `lorder fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-
print.o fe-lobj.o fe-protocol2.o fe-protocol3.o pqexpbuffer.o
pqsignal.o fe-secure.o md5.o ip.o wchar.o encnames.o noblock.o
pgstrcasecmp.o thread.o | tsort`
usage: join [-a fileno | -v fileno ] [-e string] [-1 field] [-2 field]
             [-o list] [-t char] file1 file2
ranlib libpq.a
gcc -no-cpp-precomp -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -
Winline -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing   -dynamiclib -
install_name /usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.4.dylib -
compatibility_version 4 -current_version 4.1 -multiply_defined
suppress  fe-auth.o fe-connect.o fe-exec.o fe-misc.o fe-print.o fe-
lobj.o fe-protocol2.o fe-protocol3.o pqexpbuffer.o pqsignal.o fe-
secure.o md5.o ip.o wchar.o encnames.o noblock.o pgstrcasecmp.o
thread.o   -L../../../src/port -L/sw/lib -lresolv  -o libpq.4.1.dylib
/usr/bin/libtool: for architecture: cputype (16777234) cpusubtype (0)
file: -lSystem is not an object file (not allowed in a library)
make[3]: *** [libpq.4.1.dylib] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

this is fatal.  yes, i did run config.  surfing in newsgroups
suggests circumstantially that running installations may be having
problems related to this as well.

steven pennebaker, sgp@surfnetusa.com