From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 29 18:39:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60941065676 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:39:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f162.google.com (mail-fx0-f162.google.com [209.85.220.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07F88FC15 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:39:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so1355911fxm.43 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:39:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U5EcLxxrHcYgkexySPHK9DUBNEhojNwfMkTQZg9hOrw=; b=BbGtsd5QFknihz3tzjE89rW69f1aQAsJs2tEcEnkVF7d6Q5cWgpzaw+3KTw0ngrl0p qn3APP6w+2ll+j8Jl8r4bVFHk9SLaVGA9MEr8xLBfInMx3R2Ob44gTR3zbLjbbvAjz92 lzEQDlHh9lrFwrKo/00292zcIcszFzh77S7og= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QKWgZJNp3qQORbHSHRpSpzCq3ylujPEvsYwEXfr/9l4BwPSnlbNhQPZmxmaIE+ziEe 5OrOweHCvoye3yEEJ0PGljwBY+MwjkZqSnt2VWtYHsJ9JgD55ah/q1xyD4WZxApqRDlX Pnjfp+z9iBH1+okFEesDutiMsobhkKfbe1f4Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.111.211 with SMTP id t19mr383536fap.64.1241030390689; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:39:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200904291831.n3TIGfjm084494@asarian-host.net> References: <200904291831.n3TIGfjm084494@asarian-host.net> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:39:50 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: Mark Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:39:54 -0000 On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mark wrote: > I'm new to PostgreSQL. Just installed the latest version, 8.3.7 (client + > > server) on my new FreeBSD 7.1 system. Gotta say, there's something > > seriously broken with this package. First of all, it doesn't install > > 'include' files anywhere (real useful for installing DBD-Pg-2.13.1, later > > on). And worse, it generates no 'pg_config' file (also needed for > > installing DBD-Pg-2.13.1, later on). > > > > PostgreSQL actually installs, and runs. But as a result of the totally > > incomplete install/compile, I can't build DBD-Pg-2.13.1 (for Perl) > > thereafter. So, how do I get /usr/ports/databases/postgresql84-server/ to > > build normally? > > Thanks, > > - Mark > _______________________________________________ > You're message initially references an incomplete build of PostgreSQL 8.3.7; but ends asking about PostgreSQL 8.4. Which are you trying to build? I would expect version 8.3.* to build normally. PostgreSQL 8.4, however, is still in beta ("Beta 1" according to their website.) Best of luck, Andrew