Re: BUG #5623: xml2 and uuid-ossp contribs fail to compile

On 18/08/10 14:55, Jens Wilke wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      5623
> Logged by:          Jens Wilke
> Email address:      jens.wilke@affinitas.de
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0b4
> Operating system:   Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
> Description:        xml2 and uuid-ossp contribs fail to compile
> Details:
>
> Hi,
>
> to compile xml2 this link was necessary:
> ln -s /usr/include/libxml2/libxml ../../src/include
>

I can't comment on uuid-ossp, but your XML problem sounds to me like
libxml2 wasn't installed correctly. What parameters did you pass to
configure? Could you build postgres with xml support? As in:

path/to/pgsql/src> ./configure --with-libxml
path/to/pgsql/src> make && make check

Regards,

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Mike Fowler
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