PG compilation

km wrote:

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a way to pass an argument to ./configure
to consider compiling with a specific python version ? coz i have many python versions in the system .I presume that configure would check for the /usr/bin/python alone, but what if i want /usr/bin/python2.5 to be compiled in ?

Have a look at ./configure --help

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I would like to know if there is a way to pass an argument to ./configure
to consider compiling with a specific python version ? coz i have many
python versions in the system .I presume that configure would check for
the /usr/bin/python alone, but what if i want /usr/bin/python2.5 to be
compiled in ?

Have a look at ./configure --help

ya had looked at '--with-python' option but that is where my question arises - it looks at default python (/usr/bin/python) and not /usr/local/bin/python2.5 which i need for PL/Python functionality in PG 8.2.1
one solution is to soft link the /usr/bin/python to /usr/local/bin/python2.5 but i donot want to change the default python on the system as some other programs depend on it.
so i am looking for a flexibility in configuring PG that it created python modules with python2.5 only.
any ideas ?

regards,
KM

km wrote:

I would like to know if there is a way to pass an argument to
./configure to consider compiling with a specific python version ?

configure PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.5
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Peter Eisentraut
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 11:50:19AM +0100, Albe Laurenz wrote:

gmake[3]: Entering directory

`/home/km/postgresql8.2.1/postgresql-8.2.1/src/pl/plpython'

gcc -fPIC -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline

-Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing -g
-fpic -shared -Wl,-soname,libplpython.so.0 plpython.o
-L/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config -L../../../src/port -lpython2.5
-lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -Wl,-rpath,'/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config'
-o libplpython.so.0.0

/usr/bin/ld:

/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(abstract.o): relocation
R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a
shared object; recompile with -fPIC

/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a: could not read

symbols: Bad value

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[3]: *** [libplpython.so.0.0] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory

`/home/km/postgresql8.2.1/postgresql-8.2.1/src/pl/plpython'

I am on a x86_64 platform.
any ideas whats going on here ?

Not really. You should CC the list, because somebody there may know.

You can try the following:
ar -t /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a abstract.o
file abstract.o

ya extracted the object file.

What does the file command tell you?

ya it says :

abstract.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped

Did you build Python yourself or did you install a package?

I had installed python2.5 myself from source package.

regards,
KM