Re: readline library not found

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "G(dot) J(dot) Walsh" <gjwalsh(at)dscdirectionalservices(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: readline library not found
Date: 2007-10-25 17:17:52
Message-ID: 18582.1193332672@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"G. J. Walsh" <gjwalsh(at)dscdirectionalservices(dot)com> writes:
> ./configure \
> --without-docdir \
> --with-libs=/usr/local/lib
> --with-includes=/usr/local/include/readline \
> --with-pgport=5432 \
> --with-openssl

> This results in one error: 'readline library not found', even 'though I
> specified the directories for readlines libraries and includes.

> In /usr/local/lib are:

> libreadline.a
> libreadline.so -> libreadline.so.5
> libreadline.so.5 -> libreadline.so.5.2
> libreadline.so.5.2

Looks like it should work. Look into config.log to see exactly what
errors the linker reported when doing the trial link. (This will be
some ways above the end of the file, because configure spits out
values of all its internal variables before failing.)

regards, tom lane

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