Re: Problem with ./configure script?

You have to have the ipc-daemon running I believe. There is a pre-built
postgresql binary available with cygwin (plus a README). Try just doing
initdb and seeing if that works (after running the ipc-daemon (or starting
the service)).
- Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Tony Culshaw [SMTP:tculshaw@bigpond.net.au]
> Sent:    Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:47 PM
> To:    pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject:    [CYGWIN] Problem with ./configure script?
>
> I've been a good boy, following the instructions, but I'm a newbie and
> might
> be missing something obvious.
>
> I installed cygwin onto Win2000 - no worries.
> I downloaded and *** compiled *** the cygipc source without errors, and
> installed as a service - no worries.
>
> I downloaded pqsql 7.1.3 and unzipped into the cygwin root preserving the
> directory structure.
>
> I then tied to run ./configure and got the following:
>
> **********************************
> $ cd /postgresql-7.1.3
>
> tony@CULTECH1 /postgresql-7.1.3
> $ ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking which template to use... win
> checking whether to build with locale support... no
> checking whether to build with recode support... no
> checking whether to build with multibyte character support... no
> checking whether to build with Unicode conversion support... no
> checking for default port number... 5432
> checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> using CFLAGS=-O2
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
> creat
> e executables.
>
> tony@CULTECH1 /postgresql-7.1.3
> $
>
> **********************************
>
> Here's the config.log file:
>
> **********************************
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>
> configure:629: checking host system type
> configure:655: checking which template to use
> configure:818: checking whether to build with locale support
> configure:847: checking whether to build with recode support
> configure:877: checking whether to build with multibyte character support
> configure:929: checking whether to build with Unicode conversion support
> configure:960: checking for default port number
> configure:994: checking for default soft limit on number of connections
> configure:1118: checking for gcc
> configure:1231: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
> configure:1247: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
> configure:1273: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
> cross-compiler
> configure:1278: checking whether we are using GNU C
> configure:1287: gcc -E conftest.c
> configure:1306: checking whether gcc accepts -g
> configure:1349: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works
> configure:1365: gcc -o conftest -O2   conftest.c -lcygipc 1>&5
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld
> :
> cannot find -lcygipc
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: failed program was:
>
> #line 1360 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
>
> main(){return(0);}
>
> **********************************
>
> I'm well and truly lost here, but if someone could point me in the right
> direction I'd be eternally grateful.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Tony.
>
>
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