"DECC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gcc2 -O2 -pipe -m486 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -I..= > /../. > ./src/include -c postmaster.c -o postmaster.o > postmaster.c: In function `PostmasterMain': > postmaster.c:406: `optreset' undeclared (first use this function) Hm. It looks like configure is testing whether it can link extern int optreset; optreset = 1; but then postmaster.c tries to get away without the extern. One or the other of these things needs to change. Peter, you got an opinion about it? BTW, [EMAIL PROTECTED], what platform are you using? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly