http://www.slony.info/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=344

           Summary: Configure fails to find libpgport
           Product: Slony-I
           Version: devel
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: low
         Component: other scripts
        AssignedTo: slony1-bugs at lists.slony.info
        ReportedBy: hamid.quddus at enterprisedb.com
                CC: slony1-bugs at lists.slony.info
   Estimated Hours: 0.0


Configure fails with the following error:
configure: error: "pgport was not found. build without --with-pgport=yes to
disable"


Looking at the configure's conftest for libpgport test, I see that the
libraries libpgcommon and libpgport are being linked in the wrong order.

This would cause configure to fail for some versions of gcc; e.g. in my case on
CentOS 5.x 32-bit it fails with the above error.
===========================
[root at blinux ~]# uname -a
Linux blinux 2.6.18-371.8.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Apr 24 18:23:07 EDT 2014 i686 i686
i386 GNU/Linux

[root at blinux ~]# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
===========================

To fix this, all we need to do is correct the order of linking for libpgport
and libpgcommon. Following is the patch for configure:

===========================
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5741,7 +5741,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
    if test $HAVE_PGCOMMON = 1  ; then
        EXTRALIBS=" -lpgcommon"
    fi
-   LIBS="$LIBS $EXTRALIBS -lpgport"
+   LIBS="$LIBS -lpgport $EXTRALIBS"
    cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
===========================

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