Re: postgres95(postmaster errors)

At 07:53 PM 1/10/97 -0600, you wrote: >I installed postgres95 and postgres95-dev, and get this message when I try >to start postmaster: >postmaster: can't load library 'libbsd.so.1.0.0' > >so I look for libbsd and find a libbsd.a, so I make a symlink. Now when I >run postmaster: >postmaster: '/usr/

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