Am Montag, 19. Mai 2008 schrieb Bob Rossi: > Apr allows the use of the wonderful postgresql db. It has an autotools > test that checks to see if it can link against -lpq. However, checking > against just -lpq is not always enough. On linux, sometimes you need > '-lpq -lcrypt'. On windows, sometimes you need '-lpq -lSecur32 -lws_32'.
I don't know about Windows, but on Linux -lpq should always be enough (unless you are linking statically). Everything else would seem to be a bug. > So, my question is, how does one figure out the required libraries? I > suggested pg_config --libs on the apr mailing list, and someone had this > to say: > This returns libraries that were used to build PostgreSQL, not the ones > that are required to link to -lpq. So, I'm just worried that it is > inaccurate. > > Could you please comment on this? I suppose you got the above information from Tollef Fog Heen, after I discussed the issue with him in the Debian BTS. I agree, however, the the purpose of the pg_config options may be confusing or badly documented. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
