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