Re: [bug] could not determine PostgreSQL library version

Fred Moyer wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've had problems installing the latest few versions of DBD::Pg.  I've
> ignored the issue for the most part because of lack of time, but today
> I was able to dig into this a bit more.  Here is the build result on
> Fedora Core 8.  I think that App::Info::RDBMS::PostgreSQL isn't
> finding the location of some of the binaries such as initdb, but I
> need to poke in there a bit further to be sure.
>
> Is this on the radar at all?  I might be able to eek out some tuits
> for a patch before the end of the month if this isn't on the radar.  I
> have tried upgrading to FC9 but perl is largely broken there (haven't
> tried FC10 yet).
>
>
> fred@localhost DBD-Pg-2.11.6 $ perl Makefile.PL
> Configuring DBD::Pg 2.11.6
> Path to pg_config?
> Use of uninitialized value in -d at Makefile.PL line 80, <STDIN> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at Makefile.PL line 86, <STDIN> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at Makefile.PL line 86, <STDIN> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value in sprintf at Makefile.PL line 86, <STDIN> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at Makefile.PL line
> 87, <STDIN> line 1.
> PostgreSQL version: 00000 (default port: 5432)
> POSTGRES_HOME: /var/lib/pgsql
> POSTGRES_INCLUDE: /usr/include
> POSTGRES_LIB: /usr/lib
> OS: linux
> Could not determine the PostgreSQL library version.
> Please ensure that a valid path is given to the 'pg_config' command,
> either manually or by setting the environment variables
> POSTGRES_DATA, POSTGRES_INCLUDE, and POSTGRES_LIB
> fred@localhost DBD-Pg-2.11.6 $ cat /etc/redhat-release
> Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
>
>   


do you have pg_config installed? If you're using RPMs that requires the 
installation of the postgresql-devel RPM.

cheers

andrew