Bug 119039 – postgresql-8.1.1 fails to build on AMD64

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description David Vogt 2006-01-14 15:31:14 UTC]

Installation of Postgresql 8.1.1 failed on my gentoo system with the following error. The system is more or less up to date. USE flags are as follows:
[ebuild     U ] dev-db/postgresql-8.1.1 [8.0.3] -doc +kerberos -libg++* +nls +pam +perl -pg-intdatetime +python +readline (-selinux) +ssl +tcltk* +xml2 +zlib 0 kB

GCC has the following version info:
# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (Gentoo 3.4.4-r1, ssp-3.4.4-1.0, pie-8.7.8)

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -mfpmath=sse -mcpu=k8 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -frerun-loop-opt -msse2 -mmmx -O3 -pipe -fvisibility=hidden -fprofile-use -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing initdb.o  -L../../../src/port -lpgport -L../../../src/interfaces/libpq -lpq -L../../../src/port  -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64 -lpgport -lpam -lssl -lcrypto -lkrb5 -lz -lreadline -lcrypt -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lbsd  -o initdb
initdb.o: In function `trapsig':
initdb.c:(.text+0x279a): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.o: In function `main':
initdb.c:(.text+0x3a46): undefined reference to `pg_char_to_encoding'
initdb.c:(.text+0x3a58): undefined reference to `pg_valid_server_encoding'
initdb.c:(.text+0x408a): undefined reference to `pg_encoding_to_char'
initdb.c:(.text+0x40ce): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.c:(.text+0x40dd): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.c:(.text+0x40ec): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.c:(.text+0x40fb): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.c:(.text+0x410a): undefined reference to `pqsignal'
initdb.c:(.text+0x46ff): undefined reference to `pg_encoding_to_char'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [initdb] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/postgresql-8.1.1/work/postgresql-8.1.1/src/bin/initdb'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/postgresql-8.1.1/work/postgresql-8.1.1/src/bin'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/postgresql-8.1.1/work/postgresql-8.1.1/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: dev-db/postgresql-8.1.1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 107, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

[Comment 1 David Vogt 2006-01-15 04:39:16 UTC]

Just found out what caused the failure: It was the -fvisibility=hidden in CFLAGS. Without it, postgresql compiled without any problem. I propose adding a fliter-flag to the ebuild.

[Comment 2 Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) 2006-11-07 15:15:06 UTC]

Nope, sorry. "-fvisibility=hidden" is currently not supported by Gentoo.