Thread: Missing Make Files
Don't know if this indicates a bug or an incomplete download, but:
Downloaded postgresql-7.3.3.tar.gz and unpacked it on our system (sparc-sun-solaris2.6); ran the configure script, apparently successfully (non-fatal warnings about not finding flex, bison, and zlib), and then attempted to do make, with repeated error messages like this:
You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file
'INSTALL' for installation instructions.
make: *** [all] Error 255
Inspected the configure and make scripts, and discovered references to GNUmakefile and src/Makefile.global; but the postgresql-7.3.3 directories do not have these files; there is a GNUmakefile.in and a src/Makefile.global.in, but no plain GNUmakefile or Makefile.global; are these files supposed to be created during configure? If so, what might have gone wrong during the configure (config.log attached)? If not, where can we acquire these files?
Downloaded postgresql-7.3.3.tar.gz and unpacked it on our system (sparc-sun-solaris2.6); ran the configure script, apparently successfully (non-fatal warnings about not finding flex, bison, and zlib), and then attempted to do make, with repeated error messages like this:
You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file
'INSTALL' for installation instructions.
make: *** [all] Error 255
Inspected the configure and make scripts, and discovered references to GNUmakefile and src/Makefile.global; but the postgresql-7.3.3 directories do not have these files; there is a GNUmakefile.in and a src/Makefile.global.in, but no plain GNUmakefile or Makefile.global; are these files supposed to be created during configure? If so, what might have gone wrong during the configure (config.log attached)? If not, where can we acquire these files?
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David Rickard <David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com> writes:
> Downloaded postgresql-7.3.3.tar.gz and unpacked it on our system
> (sparc-sun-solaris2.6); ran the configure script, apparently successfully
> (non-fatal warnings about not finding flex, bison, and zlib),
The zlib error was fatal:
configure:5964: error: zlib library not found
If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the
failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper directory.
Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.
regards, tom lane