syntax errors while building pypgsql

[Tin Gherdanarra]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> Have you tried apt-get build-dep pypgsql ?
> 
> It could be that you lacks the necessary packages to build it.

funny you'd mention it, I did. pypgsql does not seem to
be an apt-get package, however. It did not work because
"E: Couldn't find package pypgsql"

The fact that there is a

	PyObject_HEAD PGconn *conn;

throws an error can't be relieved by another package,
I guess...



> 
> Tin Gherdanarra wrote:
> 
>>Hallo,
>>
>>I'm trying to install pypgsql. However, I get syntax errors
>>while compiling the C sources. The following excerpt
>>from pgconnection.h looks a little funny to me:
>>
>>typedef struct {
>>     PyObject_HEAD /* Here is the syntax error, and rightly so */
>>     PGconn *conn;
>>     PyObject *host;
>>     PyObject *port;
>>     PyObject *db;
>>     PyObject *options;
>>     PyObject *tty;
>>     PyObject *user;
>>     PyObject *pass;
>>     PyObject *bePID;
>>     PyObject *socket;
>>     PyObject *version;
>>     PyObject *notices;
>>     PyObject *cinfo;
>>     int showQuery;
>>} PgConnection;
>>
>>
>>I don't know what PyObject_HEAD or PGconn is,
>>but if they are types, a syntax error is justified here:
>>
>>     PyObject_HEAD /* Here is the syntax error */
>>     PGconn *conn;
>>
>>The setup.py-settings look good to me, I use debian sarge stable.
>>Installation of PostgreSQL ran without any problems.
> 
>