Bernd Nicklas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i've got a problem with compiling postgresql-8.2.1.
> My operating system distribution is ubuntu-6.10 with gnu make-3.81-2 and
> gcc-4.1.1.
> The last few output lines of gmake are:
>
> make -C makefiles all
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src/makefiles'
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src/makefiles'
> make -C test/regress all
> make: Entering an unknown directory
> make: *** test/regress: No such file or directory. Stop.
> make: Leaving an unknown directory
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sue/Desktop/Setups/postgresql-8.2.1/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
What are you compiling? Sounds like you got the "postgresql-base"
tarball or some such, which doesn't include the regression test files.
Try downloading the full tarball (I don't know what is it named).
I wonder if it isn't time to remove the split tarballs. Do they buy us
anything?
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