Re: Tom Lane 2013-01-09 <9802.1357702...@sss.pgh.pa.us> > Item: there is not a test for perl.h, as such, in configure. There > probably should be, just because we have comparable tests for tcl.h > and Python.h. However, adding one won't fix your problem on > Debian-based distros, because for some wacko reason they put the > headers and the shlib .so symlink in different packages, cf > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/perl/filelist > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/amd64/libperl-dev/filelist > I am unfamiliar with a good reason for doing that. (I can certainly > see segregating the .a static library, or even not shipping it at > all, but what's it save to leave out the .so symlink?)
Because the .so symlink is only needed at build time. At runtime, you need the .so.5.14 file. Hence .so.* -> $pkg, .h .a .so -> $pkg-dev. Christoph -- c...@df7cb.de | http://www.df7cb.de/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
