Guys, Hmmm. I appear to have had a compile error with that alpha5 tarball, in elog.c. No special options on compile, except an alternate directory and port.
Ubunutu 9.10 server GCC 4.3.3 Tries both: ./configure --with-pgport=5490 --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql/9.0/ and: ./configure --with-pgport=5490 --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql/9.0/ --enable-debug -enable-cassert make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-9.0alpha5/src/backend/utils/error' gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -Werror -I../../../../src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -c -o assert.o assert.c gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -Werror -I../../../../src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -c -o elog.o elog.c cc1: warnings being treated as errors elog.c: In function ‘write_console’: elog.c:1698: error: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result elog.c: In function ‘write_pipe_chunks’: elog.c:2390: error: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result elog.c:2399: error: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result make[4]: *** [elog.o] Error 1 -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers