RE: [HACKERS] can't link libpq.so(inet_aton() not found)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
>
> "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > It seems fe-connect.c was changed to call inet_aton() recently.
> > I can't make executables linking libpq.so because my environ-
> > ment(i386-pc-solaris2.5.1, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.3) doesn't have
> > inet_aton().
>
> Hmm. We could make libpq dependent on the substitute inet_aton
> that's in backend/ports. But since this is only needed for a very
> optional feature (and one I don't much care for ;-)), my inclination
> is to just #ifdef it out, and not support pghostaddr on machines
> without inet_aton.
>

I agree to $ifdef it out.
It seems bad to lower the independecy of libpq by such a optional
feature.

I don't maintain current source tree in i386-pc-solaris.
After a long time I tried to install current tree to my i386-pc-solaris
and found 3 errors.

1) this one
2) psql compile error due to old verison readline as Jan already
reported.
3) initdb error due to "id -u" error as Keith already reported.

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp