On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 07:25:56PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Currently, when you specify --with-openssl, then configure automatically > adds -L/usr/local/ssl/lib to LDFLAGS if that directory exists. This would > pick up the wrong directory if you are in 64-bit mode. Analogous behavior > exists for --with-krb5 with /usr/athena.
> I think these default installation directories of OpenSSL and Kerberos are > mostly obsolete these days, so I'd rather get rid of that behavior > altogether and let people specify the necessary directories with > --with-libraries and --with-includes like for any of the other optional > packages that PostgreSQL supports. Both default directories are wrong according to my installation. In fact, both libraries are just in /usr/lib. Certainly it will be a mess trying to compile with a different LDFLAGS if things are added randomly. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Cómo ponemos nuestros dedos en la arcilla del otro. Eso es la amistad; jugar al alfarero y ver qué formas se pueden sacar del otro" (C. Halloway en La Feria de las Tinieblas, R. Bradbury) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html