[postgis-users] Cannot compile postgis on Fedora Core 4

[M. Fioretti]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 13:33:11 PM -0600, Ethan Alpert
(ealpert at digitalglobe.com) wrote:

> You need to compile postgresql from source to build the postgis
> extensions because postgis uses files in the source tree.
> 

This is why I installed the source RPM, as described in the original
message. A source RPM *is* a copy of the whole source tree of the
original package, plus all the patches needed for that distribution.
Isn't it enough?

> Look for a postgresql-dev perhaps if it exists you may be able to use
> it.

See above. I thought that the source RPM was all that I needed, and in
fact when you "install" it it creates a src/contrib subdirectory. See
the paths I mentioned in the original message.

Or maybe I am completely missing something else?


> 
> -e
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net
> [mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of M.
> Fioretti
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:29 PM
> To: postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Subject: [postgis-users] Cannot compile postgis on Fedora Core 4
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a Fedora Core 4 system with PostgreSQL installed via rpm:
> 
> # rpm -q postgresql
> postgresql-8.0.3-1
> 
> I have dowloaded postgis from the website. To follow the build
> instructions (cd in "contrib" of postgresql source tree etc..) I have
> also installed the postgresql source rpm for fedora core 4, and then
> executed the postgis instruction from the contrib directory that is
> created. However, the build still fails:
> 
> 
> ##################################################################
> I have set PGSQL_SRC to
> /home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/SOURCES/postgresql-8.0.3/postgresql-8.0.3
> 
> in Makefile.config
> 
> and I get:
> 
> [marco at polaris postgis-1.0.3]$ pwd
> /home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/SOURCES/postgresql-8.0.3/postgresql-8.0.3/contri
> b/postgis-1.0.3
> You have mail in /var/spool/mail/marco
> [marco at polaris postgis-1.0.3]$ make
> make -C lwgeom
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/SOURCES/postgresql-8.0.3/postgresql-8.0.3/contr
> ib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> ../Makefile.config:98:
> /home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/SOURCES/postgresql-8.0.3/postgresql-8.0.3/src/Ma
> kefile.global:
> No such file or directory
> Makefile:113: /src/Makefile.shlib: No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/src/Makefile.shlib'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/SOURCES/postgresql-8.0.3/postgresql-8.0.3/contr
> ib/postgis-1.0.3/lwgeom'
> make: *** [liblwgeom] Error 2
> 
> ###############################################################
> 
> I *have* seen in the postgis archive a similar message to this one, but
> it doesn't seem to be the same problem I have. Any pointer?
> 
> TIA,
> 	Marco
> 

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