[postgis-users] can't install on Linux : Makefile.port not found

[Gerry Creager n5jxs]

Eduardo Patto Kanegae wrote:
> I download postgis 0.8.2 package, and put it at 
> /usr/share/pgsql/contrib/postgis, have fedora core 2 running with its 
> PostGreSQL 7.4.2.
> 
> I also downloaded Postgresql 7.4.2 sources, but when trying "make" 
> PostGIS I got:
> 
> /usr/include/pgsql/Makefile.global:278: 
> /usr/include/pgsql/src/Makefile.port: No such file or directory
> Makefile:160: /usr/include/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib: No such file or 
> directory
> make: *** No rule to make target 
> `/usr/include/pgsql/src/Makefile.shlib'.  Stop.
> [root at epk postgis]# mcedit /usr/include/pgsql/Makefile.global
> 
> but there's no "makefile.port" at postgresql sources or even at others 
> postgresql directories.

Sounds like a BSD version...

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