Re: "make check" failed on 8.4.2 install

On 23 Feb 2010, at 17:41, Tom Lane wrote:

> adam_pgsql <adam_pgsql@witneyweb.org> writes:
>> I am trying to upgrade to 8.4.2 but my usual compile from source failed
>
>> $ make check
>> ============== shutting down postmaster               ==============
>> /usr/local/install/postgresql-8.4.2/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/install//usr/local/pgsql_8.4/bin/pg_ctl: relocation
error:/usr/local/install/postgresql-8.4.2/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/install//usr/local/pgsql_8.4/lib/libpq.so.5:
undefinedsymbol: dlopen 
>
> That's very peculiar.  It looks more like dynamic linker breakage than
> Postgres' fault, though.  What platform is this (no, the kernel version
> doesn't do it for me)?  What have you changed since you last built
> Postgres successfully?

This is Debian 4.0. I haven't changed anything on that box recently. My current working version is 8.2.12.

As a test I just successfully ran configure, make and make check for 8.3.8. But both a fresh tarball for 8.4.1 and
8.4.2fail with the same error. 

thanks

adam