so I just did: yum install gcc-c++ autoconf make and deleted the ext directory and tried 'gem install pg' and go the same error.
in the mkmf.log I saw this: ------------------------------ "gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux -I. -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 - mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC conftest.c -o conftest.i" checked program was: /* begin */ 1: #include <libpq-fe.h> /* end */ --------------------- I saw that the build deletes conftest.c, so I created a conftest.c with just: #include <libpq-fe.h> then ran the gcc command above and it created a conftest.i file -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.