[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#717073: The libpq-dev package misses some dependencies

[Pierre Pronchery]

On 16/07/2013 15:40, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> 
> I have just installed libpq-dev on a fresh wheezy install (amd64), and
> building against it fails as follows:
> 
> $ cc -shared -o pgsql.so pgsql.o   `pkg-config --cflags libSystem` -L
> `pg_config --libdir` -Wl,-rpath,`pg_config --libdir` `pg_config --libs`
> -lpq
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lxslt
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpam
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ledit
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> *** Error code 1
> [...]
> FTR the output of `pg_config --libs` is as follows:
> -lpgport -lxslt -lxml2 -lpam -lssl -lcrypto -lkrb5 -lcom_err
> -lgssapi_krb5 -lz -ledit -lcrypt -ldl -lm
> (so it could be more dependencies are required)

The real issue might as well be that the output of `pg_config --libs` is
wrong: I have just been able to link a program to libpq without libxml2,
libxslt or libedit and it runs fine.

Best,
-- 
khorben