postgresql91 fails to build at contrib/uuid-ossp under OS X 10.8

[dcarmich@…]

I'm trying to build PostgreSQL 9.1.4 on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion), and it fails to build when the build gets to contrib/uuid-ossp:

:info:build /usr/bin/clang -pipe -O2 -arch x86_64 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wp
ointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wformat-security -fno
-strict-aliasing -fwrapv  -I. -I. -I../../src/include -I/opt/local/include -I/op
t/local/include/ossp -I/opt/local/include/libxml2  -I/opt/local/include  -c -o u
uid-ossp.o uuid-ossp.c
:info:build In file included from uuid-ossp.c:24:
:info:build In file included from /opt/local/include/ossp/uuid.h:38:
:info:build /usr/include/unistd.h:689:26: error: expected identifier
:info:build int      gethostuuid(uuid_t, const struct timespec *) __OSX_AVAILABL
E_STARTING(__MAC_10_5, __IPHONE_2_0);
:info:build                              ^
:info:build In file included from uuid-ossp.c:24:
:info:build /opt/local/include/ossp/uuid.h:94:24: error: typedef redefinition wi
th different types ('struct uuid_st' vs '__darwin_uuid_t' (aka 'unsigned char [16]'))
:info:build typedef struct uuid_st uuid_t;
:info:build                        ^
:info:build /usr/include/uuid/uuid.h:42:25: note: previous definition is here
:info:build typedef __darwin_uuid_t uuid_t;
:info:build                         ^
:info:build In file included from uuid-ossp.c:24:
:info:build /opt/local/include/ossp/uuid.h:107:22: error: conflicting types for 'uuid_compare'
:info:build extern uuid_rc_t     uuid_compare  (const uuid_t  *_uuid, const uuid_t *_uuid2, int *_result);
:info:build                      ^
:info:build /usr/include/uuid/uuid.h:59:5: note: previous declaration is here
:info:build int uuid_compare(const uuid_t uu1, const uuid_t uu2);
:info:build     ^
:info:build 3 errors generated.
:info:build gnumake: *** [uuid-ossp.o] Error 1

I've reported this upstream to the PostgreSQL developers, and I'm hoping I hear from them.

[nprokofiev@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This was fixed 2 years ago in r96142.