The configure.in file erraneous assumes that FreeBSD 1.x and 2.x have

ELF capability.

While this is true to some extent, this assumption makes it impossible
to compile PostgreSQL 7.1 and 7.2devel without the --disable-shared
switch during configuration.

Trond Endrest

configure.in

@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ AC_SUBST([odbcinst_ini_dir])
 # Assume system is ELF if it predefines __ELF__ as 1,
 # otherwise believe host_os based default.
 case $host_os in
-  freebsd1*|freebsd2*) elf=yes;;
+    freebsd1*|freebsd2*) elf=no;;
+    freebsd3*|freebsd4*) elf=yes;;
 esac
 
 AC_EGREP_CPP(yes,