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1. compilation error

   Daniel A. Melo <daniel@codata.com.br> — 2001-03-08T14:53:52Z

   Hi all,
   
   I´m getting compilation errors.
   
   The configure could not find some headers files (limits.h, netdb.h,
   pwd.h...) .
   i searched for them  and they are in
   "/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux" and " /usr/include"
   
   i´ve tryed:
   
   ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/pgsql" --with-perl --with-odbc
   --with-includes="/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux    /usr/include"
   
   but the errors still there.
   
   someone could please help me?
   
   I´m using Conectiva Linux (Red Hat Like)
   kernel 2.2.17
   glibc 2.1.13
   postgres 7.0.3
   
   []´s
   
   Daniel A.
   
   
   

2. Re: compilation error

   ghaverla@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca — 2001-03-08T15:20:25Z

   On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Daniel A. Melo wrote:
   
   > Im getting compilation errors.
   > 
   > The configure could not find some headers files (limits.h, netdb.h,
   > pwd.h...) .
   > i searched for them  and they are in
   > "/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux" and " /usr/include"
   
   Are you saying that there is only 1 of each of those files,
   distributed across the 2 different directory trees, or that
   both directory trees contain files with those names?
   
   I believe I've seen mention that application programs (like
   PostgreSQL) should NOT be using kernel headers.  Apparently
   that is going to be made more difficult in the 2.4.x series.
   
   > ive tryed:
   > 
   > ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/pgsql" --with-perl --with-odbc
   > --with-includes="/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux    /usr/include"
   
   This doesn't quite look right (the includes directive).  I would
   expect something like a PATH statement 
    /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux:/usr/include
   or
    --with-includes=/usr/src/linux....  --with-includes=/usr/include
   But, since /usr/include should always be part of the includes
   path, you shouldn't need to give this to the configure command.
   It is for additional includes (I believe).
   
   Gord
   
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3. Re: compilation error

   Daniel A. Melo <daniel@codata.com.br> — 2001-03-08T15:33:22Z

   ghaverla@freenet.edmonton.aca wrote:
   
   > > The configure could not find some headers files (limits.h, netdb.h,
   > > pwd.h...) .
   > > i searched for them  and they are in
   > > "/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux" and " /usr/include"
   >
   > Are you saying that there is only 1 of each of those files,
   > distributed across the 2 different directory trees, or that
   > both directory trees contain files with those names?
   >
   
   both contain files with those names and i´ve found other directories with
   files like those....
   
   
   >
   > I believe I've seen mention that application programs (like
   > PostgreSQL) should NOT be using kernel headers.  Apparently
   > that is going to be made more difficult in the 2.4.x series.
   >
   
   And what headers should i use?????
   
   
   >
   > > i´ve tryed:
   > >
   > > ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/pgsql" --with-perl --with-odbc
   > > --with-includes="/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux    /usr/include"
   >
   
   It´s exactly like the postgres html manual....
   
   
   >
   > This doesn't quite look right (the includes directive).  I would
   > expect something like a PATH statement
   >  /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux:/usr/include
   > or
   >  --with-includes=/usr/src/linux....  --with-includes=/usr/include
   > But, since /usr/include should always be part of the includes
   > path,
   
   but the limits.h was not in /usr/include and i made a copy from
   /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux:/ to there...
   
   was it wrong?
   
   what should i do now???
   
   []´s
   
   Daniel A.
   
   
   

4. Re: compilation error

   ghaverla@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca — 2001-03-08T16:08:13Z

   On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Daniel A. Melo wrote:
   > ghaverla@freenet.edmonton.aca wrote:
   
   > > > The configure could not find some headers files (limits.h, netdb.h,
   > > > pwd.h...) .
   > > > i searched for them  and they are in
   > > > "/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux" and " /usr/include"
   > >
   > > Are you saying that there is only 1 of each of those files,
   > > distributed across the 2 different directory trees, or that
   > > both directory trees contain files with those names?
   > 
   > both contain files with those names and ive found other directories with
   > files like those....
   
   The ones in /usr/include should be used if they are there.  Sometimes
   a file is in a subdirectory of /usr/include (like
   /usr/include/sys/time.h), in which case the include should have been
   #include <sys/time.h>
   
   Somehow, I doubt a problem like this is happening in your
   case.
   
   > > I believe I've seen mention that application programs (like
   > > PostgreSQL) should NOT be using kernel headers.  Apparently
   > > that is going to be made more difficult in the 2.4.x series.
   > 
   > And what headers should i use?????
   
   If PostgreSQL is calling kernel source headers, that is a job
   for the PostgreSQL maintainers to address.  Somehow, your ./configure
   has gotten confused (IMHO).
   
   > > > ive tryed:
   > > >
   > > > ./configure --prefix="/usr/local/pgsql" --with-perl --with-odbc
   > > > --with-includes="/usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux    /usr/include"
   > 
   > Its exactly like the postgres html manual....
   
   Well, I haven't read the manual in a while.  But I have
   been compiling a zillion packages (it seems) lately.
   
   > > This doesn't quite look right (the includes directive).  I would
   > > expect something like a PATH statement
   > >  /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux:/usr/include
   > > or
   > >  --with-includes=/usr/src/linux....  --with-includes=/usr/include
   > > But, since /usr/include should always be part of the includes
   > > path,
   > 
   > but the limits.h was not in /usr/include and i made a copy from
   > /usr/src/linux-2.2.17/include/linux:/ to there...
   
   I'm running Debian stable on a handy machine, it has many limits.h
   include files: /usr/include, /usr/include/linux, a gcc specific one,
   a perl one (actually perl-tk), several kernel ones (more than 1
   kernel source tree on my machine).  In general, the 9 limits.h files
   on my system are all different.  So, you don't want to copy a limits.h
   file from the kernel sources into /usr/include.  I suspect your
   C compiler didn't install completely/correctly, for you to be missing
   header files in /usr/include.
   
   Maybe you should try re-installing or updating your C-compiler,
   and see if you get all the headers files.
   
   Gord
   
   Matter Realisations     http://www.materialisations.com/
   Gordon Haverland, B.Sc. M.Eng. President
   101  9504 182 St. NW    Edmonton, AB, CA  T5T 3A7
   780/481-8019            ghaverla @ freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
   780/993-1274 (cell)