Re: 9.2 won't load C-language function

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au>wrote:

> On 10/11/2012 02:22 AM, Craig James wrote:
>
>> I have a C-language function I've been using on 8.4 for a long time. On
>> 9.2 it won't load:
>>
>> test=# set search_path = public;
>> SET
>> test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION chmoogle_session_id() RETURNS integer
>> AS '/usr/local/pgsql/lib/**libchmoogle.so', 'chmoogle_session_id'
>> LANGUAGE c VOLATILE;
>> ERROR: could not load library "/usr/local/pgsql/lib/**libchmoogle.so":
>> libopenbabel.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>> directory
>>
>
> What does `ldd /usr/local/pgsql/lib/**libchmoogle.so` say? What about
> when run under the PostgreSQL user account?
>

Too late ... after reading up on LD_LIBRARY_PATH and why ldconfig is
better, I just ran ldconfig on the /usr/local/pgsql/lib and
/usr/local/openbabel/lib directories. Problem fixed.

> You may need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the Pg startup script, or modify
> ld.so.conf, or re-build your extension with rpath linking enabled.
>
> As for why it worked with 8.4 - I expect you either altered
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the 8.4 startup scripts, or maybe the 8.4 version of the
> extension was built with -Wl,-rpath so the paths to required libraries were
> embedded into the extension library.
>

It is a bit odd ... 8.4 was working, and I just compiled and installed 9.2
on top of it (and created a fresh database). Oh well, I guess it will
remain a mystery.

Craig James

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