And at this stage in the game I'd like to move your post
to the Fedora forum because I have no explanation for this
behaviour ... would you mind? Sorry that I can't be of
further assistance.



Cheers,
Tink

Its ok thanks for your help anyways also i would like to point out that
while using [root@localhost libpgtcl]# ./configure --with-tcl --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql --exec-prefix=/usr/local/pgsql --with-postgres-lib=/usr/local/pgsql/lib --with-tcl=/usr/local/lib/tclConfig.sh
I'am still getting this error. configure: error: Cannot locate program pg_config to determine PostgreSQL paths. Make sure pg_config is in PATH or set PG_CONFIG env var to path to pg_config.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Fedora> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

Did you try adding /usr/local/pgsql/bin to the PATH, or
setting PG_CONFIG?


Cheers,
Tink

I had tried using --with-postgres-bin=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config
that didnt work prolly do that wrong,and as setting PG_CONFIG i dont know how i went into the directory executed ./pg_config but it just give me stats.


[root@localhost bin]# ./pg_config
BINDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/bin
DOCDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/doc
INCLUDEDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/include
PKGINCLUDEDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/include
INCLUDEDIR-SERVER = /usr/local/pgsql/include/server
LIBDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/lib
PKGLIBDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/lib
LOCALEDIR =
MANDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/man
SHAREDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/share
SYSCONFDIR = /usr/local/pgsql/etc
PGXS = /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
CONFIGURE = '--enable-multibyte' '--with-CXX' '--with-tcl' '--without-tk'
CC = gcc
CPPFLAGS = -D_GNU_SOURCE
CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing
CFLAGS_SL = -fpic
LDFLAGS = -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/pgsql/lib
LDFLAGS_SL =
LIBS = -lpgport -lz -lreadline -lcrypt -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lbsd
VERSION = PostgreSQL 8.1.8

Try
on the shell before running your ./config

there that fixed everything thank you very much for your help

Not quite "fixed everything" ... you SHOULD be able to use
the postgres libraries with ldconfig. There's definitely
something seriously weird there.

yea your right its still doing that

I just came across this thread while trying to figure out how to get the native library part of JOGL (Java OpenGL) recognized by ldconfig. Using Fedora 7 here as well. The problem is with SELinux blocking ldconfig from accessing your .so files because they don't have the proper SELinux context type. Simply run the following command in the directory containing your .so files:

chcon -t lib_t *.so

Don't do this in a directory such as /usr/lib because some of the libraries in there have special context types, this could probably break those. Specify the full filename(s) of the libraries you need to change in that case.

thanks i will try this later on today see if it solves this

i just tried it i ran it under /usr/prostgres/lib it didnt seem to work maybe iam doing something wrong iam a bit of a noob when it comes to linux.

There may be further SELinux contexts to set on the files and directories you are using. You should be getting a little star notification icon for the SELinux Troubleshooter. You can click on it to get a listing of what SELinux has blocked and why. Thats how I discovered what was wrong in my situation. You can also start the SELinux Troubleshooter from the menu at System->Administration->SELinux Troubleshooter. Look through there for any security alerts relating to /sbin/ldconfig and/or the files and directories you are working with.

Also this command will show you the SELinux context info for a directory listing:
ls -Z