Re: installing postgresql on win2000

Mark,

In the future, please post to pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org instead of
sending private email, so others can benefit too.

On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:21:49PM +0800, mark hesketh wrote:
> I've installed cygipc and I still get the problem (see below).
>
> >
> >This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> >running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> >
> >configure:629: checking host system type
> >configure:655: checking which template to use
> >configure:818: checking whether to build with locale support
> >configure:847: checking whether to build with recode support
> >configure:877: checking whether to build with multibyte character support
> >configure:929: checking whether to build with Unicode conversion support
> >configure:960: checking for default port number
> >configure:994: checking for default soft limit on number of connections
> >configure:1118: checking for gcc
> >configure:1231: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works
> >configure:1247: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5
> >gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory
^^
> >configure: failed program was:
> >
> >#line 1242 "configure"
> >#include "confdefs.h"
> >
> >main(){return(0);}
> >
>
> Can you shed any light?

Yes.

> Do I need to reinstall gcc?

No.

You need to install binutils.

Please install *all* Cygwin packages, unless you really know what you
are doing.

Thanks,
Jason