RE: C compiler cannot create executables [FROM pgsql-ports]

From: "Henshall, Stuart - WCP" <SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "'Peter'" <peter(at)helpnet(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: C compiler cannot create executables [FROM pgsql-ports]
Date: 2001-05-14 09:03:31
Message-ID: E2870D8CE1CCD311BAF50008C71EDE8E01F745AE@MAIL_EXCHANGE
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Hello,
I had that error message when I forgot to install cygipc.
If you've downloaded the latest version of cygwin then there should
be a version of postgresql included (unless you excluded it from the setup).
- Stuart

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter [SMTP:peter(at)helpnet(dot)com(dot)au]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:36 PM
> To: pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: C compiler cannot create executables
>
> Hello PostgreSQL,
> I tried installing PostgreSQL following the instructions in the
> FAQ_MSWIN then INSTALL files. ./configure produced:
>
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables
>
> All the downloads were made over the last 2 days so are the latest
> versions with PostgreSQL being 7.1.1.
>
> The site http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/ no longer has downloads of
> utilities so I did not install anything from there.
>
> The FAQ_MSWIN does not say you have to start cygwin and run the INSTALL
> instructions in a cygwin window instead of a normal command line window
> so that is one minor addition you could make in FAQ_MSWIN.
>
> After I tried ./configure. I tried gmake and gmake was not found. I did
> a search for gmake and the closest I could find was gm in cygwin. There
> were no error messages during the cygwin install so I assume that is
> 100% ok.
>
> What would cause the configure error message?
>
> Where is gmake?
>
> Peter

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