If you check configure.in with PostgreSQL, we use the --with-libs call in
order to tell it where to look for 'libraries outside the system
norm'...check the code for that, as I believe its what you are looking
for, since, in general, the libpq would be outside that 'norm'..
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Is there any autoconf guru?
>
> I have lots problems Autoconf + C++ library.
>
> if I make CC=CXX, configure can't find libpq,
> AC_CHECK_LIB(pq, PQexec)
>
> because it try link PQexec() - and it is missing
>
> if I keep CC as cc
> AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdlib.h>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> ],
> [int a = accept(1, (struct sockaddr *) 0, (int *) 0);],
> [AC_DEFINE(SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE, int) AC_MSG_RESULT(int)],
> [AC_DEFINE(SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE, size_t) AC_MSG_RESULT(size_t)])
>
> return wrong result because int always aceptable for C but
> can cause error for CXX
>
> Is there autoconf version modified for work with C++ or
> I have to patch it's macros by my self ?
>
>
> ---
> Dmitry Samersoff, dms@wplus.net, ICQ:3161705
> http://devnull.wplus.net
> * There will come soft rains ...
>
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