On Mar 31, 2006, at 12:40, Josh Berkus wrote:
In support of David's suggestion, I'll point out that most other OSS
software configuration scripts (Apache, PHP, etc.) I deal with
supports
the above syntax.
Yes, but even the environment variables get me what I want. I
therefore respectfully submit the attached patch to document them in
the INSTALL file.
Best,
David
Index: doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v
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diff -u -r1.252 installation.sgml
--- doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 5 Jan 2006 03:01:32 -0000 1.252
+++ doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml 31 Mar 2006 22:08:07 -0000
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@
<application>PL/Perl</application> you need a full
<productname>Perl</productname> installation, including the
<filename>libperl</filename> library and the header files.
+ <filename>configure</> will collect this information
+ from whatever <filename>perl</> is in your <envar>PATH</>;
+ if you'd like it to use an alternate <filename>perl</>, simply
+ specify its location via the <envar>PERL</> environment
+ variable, e.g., <option>PERL=<replaceable>/usr/bin/per5.8.6</></option>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
Since <application>PL/Perl</application> will be a shared
library, the <indexterm><primary>libperl</primary></indexterm>
<filename>libperl</filename> library must be a shared library
@@ -219,6 +227,11 @@
<productname>Python</productname> 1.6 and later; users of
earlier versions of <productname>Python</productname> will need
to install it.
+ <filename>configure</> will collect this information
+ from whatever <filename>python</> is in your <envar>PATH</>;
+ if you'd like it to use an alternate <filename>python</>, simply
+ specify its location via the <envar>PYTHON</> environment
+ variable, e.g., <option>PYTHON=<replaceable>/usr/bin/per5.8.6</></option>
</para>
<para>
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