Can not configure Beta 8.0.0beta1 on SuSE 9.1 kernel 2.6.5-7.104. Was
able to install beta 8 on SuSE 9.0 on a 2.4 xxx kernel. Do I need to
revert back?

Configure output on SuSE 9.1 is:
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking which template to use... linux
checking whether to build with 64-bit integer date/time support... no
checking whether NLS is wanted... no
checking for default port number... 5432
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to turn off strict aliasing in gcc... -fno-strict-aliasing
configure: using CFLAGS=-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing
checking whether the C compiler still works... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking allow thread-safe client libraries... no
checking whether to build with Tcl... no
checking whether to build Perl modules... no
checking whether to build Python modules... no
checking whether to build with Kerberos 4 support... no
checking whether to build with Kerberos 5 support... no
checking whether to build with PAM support... no
checking whether to build with Rendezvous support... no
checking whether to build with OpenSSL support... no
configure: using CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/lib -I/usr/lib
-I/usr/include -I/usr/include/linux
configure: using LDFLAGS=
checking for gawk... gawk
checking for flex... no
configure: WARNING:
*** Without Flex you will not be able to build PostgreSQL from CVS or
*** change any of the scanner definition files. You can obtain Flex from
*** a GNU mirror site. (If you are using the official distribution of
*** PostgreSQL then you do not need to worry about this because the Flex
*** output is pre-generated.)
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i586-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for lorder... no
checking for tar... /bin/tar
checking for strip... strip
checking whether it is possible to strip libraries... yes
checking for bison... no
configure: WARNING:
*** Without Bison you will not be able to build PostgreSQL from CVS or
*** change any of the parser definition files. You can obtain Bison from
*** a GNU mirror site. (If you are using the official distribution of
*** PostgreSQL then you do not need to worry about this because the Bison
*** output is pre-generated.) To use a different yacc program (possible,
*** but not recommended), set the environment variable YACC before running
*** 'configure'.
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for main in -lbsd... no
checking for setproctitle in -lutil... no
checking for main in -lm... yes
checking for main in -ldl... yes
checking for main in -lnsl... yes
checking for main in -lsocket... no
checking for main in -lipc... no
checking for main in -lIPC... no
checking for main in -llc... no
checking for main in -ldld... no
checking for main in -lld... no
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for main in -lBSD... no
checking for main in -lgen... no
checking for main in -lPW... no
checking for main in -lresolv... yes
checking for library containing getopt_long... none required
checking for main in -lunix... no
checking for library containing crypt... -lcrypt
checking for library containing fdatasync... none required
checking for shmget in -lcygipc... no
checking for readline... yes (-lreadline)
checking for inflate in -lz... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... no
checking for sys/types.h... no
checking for sys/stat.h... no
checking for stdlib.h... no
checking for string.h... no
checking for memory.h... no
checking for strings.h... no
checking for inttypes.h... no
checking for stdint.h... no
checking for unistd.h... no
checking crypt.h usability... no
checking crypt.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: crypt.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: crypt.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: crypt.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for crypt.h... yes
checking dld.h usability... no
checking dld.h presence... no
checking for dld.h... no
checking endian.h usability... no
checking endian.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: endian.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: endian.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: endian.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for endian.h... yes
checking fp_class.h usability... no
checking fp_class.h presence... no
checking for fp_class.h... no
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: getopt.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: getopt.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: getopt.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking ieeefp.h usability... no
checking ieeefp.h presence... no
checking for ieeefp.h... no
checking langinfo.h usability... no
checking langinfo.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: langinfo.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: langinfo.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: langinfo.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for langinfo.h... yes
checking poll.h usability... no
checking poll.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: poll.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: poll.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: poll.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for poll.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... no
checking pwd.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking sys/ipc.h usability... no
checking sys/ipc.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/ipc.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/ipc.h... yes
checking sys/poll.h usability... no
checking sys/poll.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/poll.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/poll.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/poll.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/poll.h... yes
checking sys/pstat.h usability... no
checking sys/pstat.h presence... no
checking for sys/pstat.h... no
checking sys/select.h usability... no
checking sys/select.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/select.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/select.h... yes
checking sys/sem.h usability... no
checking sys/sem.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/sem.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/sem.h... yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... no
checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking sys/shm.h usability... no
checking sys/shm.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/shm.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/shm.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... no
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/un.h usability... no
checking sys/un.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/un.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for sys/un.h... yes
checking termios.h usability... no
checking termios.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: termios.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: termios.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: termios.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for termios.h... yes
checking utime.h usability... no
checking utime.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: utime.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: utime.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: utime.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for utime.h... yes
checking wchar.h usability... no
checking wchar.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: wchar.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: wchar.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: wchar.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking wctype.h usability... no
checking wctype.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: wctype.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: wctype.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: wctype.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for wctype.h... yes
checking kernel/OS.h usability... no
checking kernel/OS.h presence... no
checking for kernel/OS.h... no
checking kernel/image.h usability... no
checking kernel/image.h presence... no
checking for kernel/image.h... no
checking SupportDefs.h usability... no
checking SupportDefs.h presence... no
checking for SupportDefs.h... no
checking netinet/in.h usability... no
checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/in.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/in.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/in.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking for netinet/tcp.h... no
checking readline/readline.h usability... no
checking readline/readline.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: readline/readline.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: readline/readline.h: check for missing prerequisite
headers?
configure: WARNING: readline/readline.h: proceeding with the
preprocessor's result
checking for readline/readline.h... yes
checking readline/history.h usability... no
checking readline/history.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: readline/history.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: readline/history.h: check for missing prerequisite
headers?
configure: WARNING: readline/history.h: proceeding with the
preprocessor's result
checking for readline/history.h... yes
checking zlib.h usability... no
checking zlib.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: zlib.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: zlib.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: zlib.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for preprocessor stringizing operator... yes
checking for signed types... yes
checking for working volatile... yes
checking for __func__... no
checking for __FUNCTION__... no
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... sys/time.h
checking for struct tm.tm_zone... no
checking for tzname... yes
checking for union semun... no
checking for struct sockaddr_un... no
checking for struct sockaddr_storage... no
checking for struct sockaddr_storage.ss_family... no
checking for struct sockaddr_storage.__ss_family... no
checking for struct sockaddr_storage.ss_len... no
checking for struct sockaddr_storage.__ss_len... no
checking for struct sockaddr.sa_len... no
checking for struct addrinfo... no
checking for struct cmsgcred... no
checking for struct fcred... no
checking for struct sockcred... no
checking for struct option... yes
checking for z_streamp... yes
checking for int timezone... no
checking types of arguments for accept()... configure: error: could not
determine argument types


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"Jim J." <jjsa (AT) gvtc (DOT) com> writes:
Looks to me like you're missing most or all of the standard headers
(/usr/include/ contents). A few packages shy of a full install maybe?

regards, tom lane

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