Re: Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
> Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
> 5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

>          configure:4357: gcc -o conftest      conftest.c -lbsd   >&5
>          ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found

This is just how configure looks to see if you have particular
libraries.  Nothing surprising here.

> With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;

You omitted to show us the failure that actually means something.

            regards, tom lane