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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:53:47 +1100
From: Justin Clift <aa2@bigpond.net.au>
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To: Lonnie_Cumberland@yahoo.com
CC: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: C++ Question
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Hi Lonnie,

The RPM's that come with the Mandrake Linux 7.2 distribution are
DANGEROUS.  Don't use them.  See http://techdocs.postgresql.org

For development I'd honestly recommend you install from the source code.

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift
Database Administrator

root wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I have just finally gotten PostgreSQL 7.0 installed on my Mandrake Linux
> box by using the RPM's in the distribution and seem to be having a small
> problem.
> 
> I am getting some errors when I try to compile up the examples in the
> libpg++ directory.
> 
> Could someone please shoe me a SIMPLE make file for a C++ program to
> compile outside of this directory structure.
> 
> For example I am making a directory called "test" and want to compile an
> example.cc program from there.
> 
> So far I have had not luck in getting any these programs to completely
> compile.
> 
> Cheers,
> Lonnie