Re: PostgreSQL 7.1.3 vs. gcc 2.95.4 and GNU libc 2.2.4

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:16:17AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> tomas(at)fabula(dot)de writes:
>
> > trying to compile PostgreSQL 7.1.3 (my system: Linux Debian-ish,
> > fairly new Gnu libc (where I think the problem resides):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For once, my gut feeling was right.

> I have installed a fix for this in the development sources; I understand
> that you were able to fix this yourself.

Yes, I'm a happy camper.

> The more interesting question is why it's trying to use on_exit() when it
> should be using atexit(). If you're interested, you can try to look
> through config.log to see what's happening with the atexit test.

Stupid as it may sound, I lost my atexit() ;-)

Watch this:

| slon:/home/spu > vim blub.c
|
| --( blub.c )---------------------------
| #include <stdio.h>
| #include <stdlib.h>
|
| void scream(void)
| {
| fprintf(stderr, "AAAARRRGH!\n");
| }
|
| int main(int argc, char *argv[])
| {
| atexit(scream);
| }
| ---------------------------------------
|
| slon:/home/spu > make blub
| cc blub.c -o blub
| /tmp/ccmhreih.o: In function `main':
| /tmp/ccmhreih.o(.text+0x2f): undefined reference to `atexit'
| collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
| make: *** [blub] Error 1
| slon:/home/spu >

So I think PostgreSQL's configure is not to blame for not finding it;
I think it's rather my gcc/libc combination. I guess it's a lesson
to distribution packagers: upgrading a libc is harder than it even
looks.

Do you think I should file a bug with Debian?
They seem to have noticed already (the proposed fix was to upgrade
gcc/cpp, which I did. Before that compile didn't work at all --
I guess I hadn't either atexit() nor on_exit() then).

Thanks a lot
-- tomas