Re: Installation Problems

Jason,

Thanks, I installed gcc 2.95 and it went through just fine. I guess I just
assumed to use the latest and greatest. Thanks again, it works great.

- Brice Mason






>From: Jason Tishler <jason@tishler.net>
>To: Brice Mason <bricemason@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Installation Problems
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:39:05 -0500
>
>Brice,
>
>On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:34:07AM -0500, Brice Mason wrote:
> > I am trying to install PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on a Windows 2000 machine. So
> > far, I have done the following:
> >
> > 1.) Installed cygwin on F:\cygwin
> > [snip]
> >
> > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
> > cannot find -lcygipc
> >
> > What is the problem?
>
>The above indicates that ld cannot find libcygipc.a.  What is the
>*exact* command line that produces the above error message?
>
>Note that I have never built PostgreSQL under Cygwin gcc 3.x before --
>maybe there is a problem?
>
> > 2.) Verify that the ipc-daemon is running using "ps" before I try
> > "./configure"
>
>The above is irrelevant.  ipc-daemon only needs to be running for
>postmaster, initdb, etc. not during a build.
>
> > What am I missing?
>
>Why not use the pre-built 7.2.3 that is part of the standard Cygwin
>distribution?  Rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and select PostgreSQL from under
>the Database category.
>
> > Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.
>
>Please read the README:
>
>
>http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.2.3.README
>
>or after installation:
>
>     /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.2.3.README
>
>Thanks,
>Jason


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