Re: BUG #6721: installation of PostgreSQL prevented WebServer Start

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM,  <peter.arnold@jd-ag.com> wrote:
>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Bug reference:      6721
>> Logged by:          Peter Arnold
>> Email address:      peter.arnold@jd-ag.com
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.8
>> Operating system:   MAC OSX
>> Description:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> after i install PostgreSQL 9.0.8 on my MAC with OSX 10.7.4 the WEBSERVER is
>> no more able to start. The information about why seems to be:
>> 1. MAC-Webserver is compiled against a libssl.dylib version 0.8.9,
>> PostgreSQL changed this to 1.0.0
>> 2. the libpq.5.dylib is deletet by PostgreSQL and linked to an own lib in
>> the PostgreSQL installation
>
> Where did your PostgreSQL distribution come from? The EDB installers
> certainly won't delete the system libpq, or upgrade the system's copy
> of libssl.dylib (unless you install it in the root directory of
> course, which is definitely not recommended!)

One of my colleagues has just pointed out that there's some very old
(i.e. 2008) code in the installer that creates a symlink from
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib to the installed copy. This was safe of course
(though not the best idea I ever had), prior to Lion.

You should be able to put that back how it was by simply replacing the
symlink with one pointing to /usr/lib/libpq.5.3.dylib.

Apologies for the misinformation. We'll get that bug fixed ASAP.

--
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company