[Qgis-user] Postgres dependency on mac build

[John Abraham]

Looks like that might have done it, thanks.  -D POSTGRES_CONFIG=/usr/ 
local/pgsql/bin/pg_config to cmake.

I'm off an running.  Looks like it's not 64bit.  Is it multithreaded?   
I have a new Mac Pro.

--
John


On 20-Apr-08, at 12:21 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> Puzzling why it's not finding Postgres without any options.
>
> But, the CONFIG option should point to a file (pg_config), not a  
> folder. (Same goes for library options, but not for include dir  
> options)
>
> I've noticed that the "Found ..." feedback is not always correct, or  
> you just have to read more into what it says.  Like your Postgres  
> response: it says "it's a directory", which can mean "it's not  
> supposed to be a directory".
>
> Also, when reconfiguring, make sure to clean first, or it may  
> remember the previous configuration.  Cleaning is not thorough in  
> cmake, so the easiest way is to build outside the source.  ie:
>
> in the qgis source dir,
>
> mkdir build-osx
> cd build-osx
> cmake [your options] ..
>
> (note the .. instead of . for the source dir option)  Then you can  
> just trash the contents on build-osx to clean, before reconfiguring.
>
> On Apr 20, 2008, at 12:58 PM, John Abraham wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the hint.  I can't see a difference (svn diff) between  
>> the two cmake directories.
>>
>> I tried deleting my build directory, and redoing the cmake command  
>> with -D POSTGRES_CONFIG=/usr/local/pgsql/  and it responded
>>
>> -- Found PostgreSQL: sh: /usr/local/pgsql: is a directory/libpq.dylib
>>
>> but then I got the same error (below) when I ran make :(
>>
>> --
>> John
>>
>> [ 43%] Building CXX object src/app/CMakeFiles/qgis.dir/qgisapp.o
>> In file included from /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/ 
>> qgisapp.cpp:168:
>> /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/qgsdbsourceselect.h: 
>> 27:22: error: libpq-fe.h: No such file or directory
>> /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/qgsdbsourceselect.h: 
>> 112: error: ‘PGconn’ has not been declared
>> /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/qgsdbsourceselect.h: 
>> 118: error: ‘PGconn’ has not been declared
>> /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/qgsdbsourceselect.h: 
>> 141: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘PGconn’ with no type
>> /Users/jabraham/Development/qgis/src/src/app/qgsdbsourceselect.h: 
>> 141: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
>> make[2]: *** [src/app/CMakeFiles/qgis.dir/qgisapp.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [src/app/CMakeFiles/qgis.dir/all] Error 2
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> On 20-Apr-08, at 10:34 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>
>>> I think there was a fix for this recently in trunk, and maybe it's  
>>> not in the diagram branch.  The release tag works fine.  You could  
>>> try grabbing cmake/FindPostgres.cmake from trunk to replace what  
>>> you have in the diagram branch.
>>>
>>> On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:03 AM, John Abraham wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to build the "diagram" branch on MacOSX Leopard.  I  
>>>> followed the instructions in the docs, and did get it compiled  
>>>> and running.  I'm pretty proud of myself since I haven't  
>>>> programmed in C for a decade or so (java programmer now.)
>>>>
>>>> Except there is one problem.  The Postgres stuff wasn't found by  
>>>> cmake, so there was no Postgis support in my build.
>>>>
>>>> So I tried to set up cmake to find my postgres.  I found the file  
>>>> FindPostgres.cmake and found that it uses environment variables,  
>>>> so tried to set those using -D options to cmake.  Now it won't  
>>>> compile at all, with the following error.  I do have a libpq-fe.h  
>>>> in /usr/local/pgsql/include.  I didn't make Postgres from source,  
>>>> just installed it.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>> --
>>>> John Abraham
>>>> jabraham at ucalgary.ca
>>>
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