syntax errors while building pypgsql

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Have you tried apt-get build-dep pypgsql ?

It could be that you lacks the necessary packages to build it.

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.