Re: "--enable-thread-safety" fails on snapshot version

On 6/11/07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "George Sakkis" <george(dot)sakkis(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > After digging in config.log, the error turns out to be the lack of the
> > a test file:
>
> > conftest.c:144:43: ./src/test/thread/thread_test.c: No such file or directory
>
> > Actually the whole src/test directory is missing from the snapshot
> > versions.
>
> It's there AFAICS:
>
> $ tar tfz postgresql-snapshot.tar.gz | grep src/test/thread
> postgresql-snapshot/src/test/thread
> postgresql-snapshot/src/test/thread/Makefile
> postgresql-snapshot/src/test/thread/README
> postgresql-snapshot/src/test/thread/thread_test.c
> $
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Ok, got it; I was downloading the base-snapshot.tar.gz. I was misled
by the note, "The -base package is the only one that is required for
successful installation"; I didn't guess this implies "at least with
the defaut configure settings".

Thanks,
George

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