On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Josh Berkus<j...@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>> == OS Filesystem Interaction >> >> PostgreSQL already provides standard paths where to install extensions by >> means of PGXS, and distribution packagers have been able to adapt those. >> We >> should just stick with this, meaning the problem is solved. > > I think that the user should be able to put the extension file download > anywhere in their filesystem, and on install PostgreSQL should copy the > files to the appropriate place. That is, they shouldn't have to first copy > the files to /pg_source_dir/contrib/. Maybe you had that covered, but I > didn't see it explicitly. > > Also, this means that we'll want to make sure that PGXS is included in all > existing packages of PostgresQL. Is it? Apologies if I missed further discussion on this - I'm somewhat distracted with release preparations at the moment... PGXS is essentially useless on Windows unless you're compiling your own code using Mingw/msys, which will be a miniscule percentage of users. Our installers for 8.3 and above are all built using VC++. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
