i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lpostgres

[Marco Atzeri]

On 16/08/2014 20:39, Gery . wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install postgis 2.2.0dev (http://postgis.net/stuff/postgis-2.2.0dev.tar.gz), but I got an error saying:
>
> /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.8.3/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: cannot find -lpostgres
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> /usr/lib/postgresql/pgxs/src/makefiles/../../src/Makefile.shlib:377: recipe for target 'postgis-2.2.dll' failed
> make[1]: *** [postgis-2.2.dll] Error 1
>
> In my cygwin (latest version, 32-bit), postgres.exe is in /usr/sbin and this path is already in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my .bashrc.
>
> How can I solve that?
>
> Thanks for any hints,
>
> Gery
>
> PS: The full error message is here:
>

probably my fault.
Could you copy
http://matzeri.altervista.org/works/postgres/libpostgres.a

on /usr/lib
and see if this solve the issue ?

Thanks
Marco


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