stm23 <STM23(at)student(dot)canterbury(dot)ac(dot)nz> writes:
> hi, i am trying to install postgresql. i have unzipped the 7.4.1 source files
> into a folder & run ./configure. however when i enter: gmake i get the
> following error message:
> src/Makefile.global:278: src/Makefile.port: No such file or directory
> gmake: *** No rule to make target '`src/Makefile.port'. Stop.
It sure sounds like configure failed. Did you pay attention to its
output?
regards, tom lane