Jan Wieck wrote: > > I think if we go for the plan outlined, we will not need a special > > configure flag. (People might decide to move the install dir long after > > they install it.) By default, everything sits under pgsql as pgsql/bin, > > pgsql/lib, etc. I can't see how making it relative is going to bite us > > unless folks move the binaries out of pgsql/bin. Is that common for > > installs that don't specify a special bindir? > > > > Does that include a mechanism for -rpath? > > Currently, if you have multiple installations of PostgreSQL on a server > and call ones psql or whatever explicitly, it is not loading another > ones libpq, but for sure the one belonging to its version. How does the > plan you're talking about cover this?
Someone asked about rpath, and I didn't deal with it. How many platforms use rpath? I am not sure. I assume folks are going to have to modify their ld.so.conf to point to the proper library, or for non-root, set an environment variable like LD_LIBRARY_PATH. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
