Thread

1. postgres in 'C' - can't get started

   Graeme Stobbart <graeme@peters.co.uk> — 2001-01-22T16:39:14Z

   Red Hat 7, Vanilla install postgres from RPM's
   
   Create very simple program to open/close (cut down vsn of example 1)
   
   Compile using libpq.a
   
   Follwing error...
   
   /usr/lib/libpq.a (fe-auth.a): In function `pg_password_sendauth`:
   fe-auth.o(.text+0x30): undefined reference to `crypt`
   
   New to postgres, have I missed something?  Reply, however terse, much appreciated.
   Thanks
   Tom K
   

2. Re: postgres in 'C' - can't get started

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2001-01-24T04:59:35Z

   "Graeme Stobbart" <graeme@peters.co.uk> writes:
   > /usr/lib/libpq.a (fe-auth.a): In function `pg_password_sendauth`:
   > fe-auth.o(.text+0x30): undefined reference to `crypt`
   
   On some platforms you need to specify -lcrypt explicitly when linking.
   (Sometimes crypt() is in the standard library, sometimes not.)
   
   			regards, tom lane