Missing Make Files

Started by David Rickardalmost 23 years ago2 messagesbugs
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#1David Rickard
David.Rickard@GTScompanies.com

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?

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: David Rickard (#1)
Re: Missing Make Files

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