This has likely been asked before, but I can't
seem to find an answer.

Trying to build postgres server / client on
slack 9.1.

I don't think my problem is with pg, I think
I'm doing something wrong.

PGSQL docs say to:
1) ./configure
2) gmake
3) gmake install


configure gives some sed errors, but everything
else looks ok:

Then I try to gmake:

The way I understand it, configure did not create
a makefile properly, so gmake doesn't know what
to do. Is that right? Should I do something
differently?

Also, if anyone's built pgsql on slack, how did you
get it to work?

Thanks a lot in advance.

i do not recall ever using gmake on slackware (i've used slk 10 for about a year). i've always used make. also, i have built postgres several times. why don't you try using make?

Thanks rgiggs, I did try it. Actually, my 'make' and
'gmake' point to the same program:

What exactly is make trying to say when it says:
Does this mean a bad makefile or bad
command syntax?

you might be right on that. check if Makefile or makefile exists, which i doubt because configure ran into errors. if neither exists, then try to fix configure.

Thanks, that helps. I will try to fix it
and post it if I figure it out.