I have applied the setup.py part of this patch. Thanks.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
george young wrote:
> [python 2.3a1 & 2.2, postgresql 7.3.2 & 7.2.1, x86 linux]
>
> As you note from the above line, I'm wrangling multiple versions
> of python and postgres[ql]. I use the PyGreSQL interface from the
> postgres source dist. But I need to install PyGreSQL for other
> than the default python. I know I could hack it by hand, but it
> seems like there could be an optional arg to configure like:
>
> ./configure --with-python=python2.3
>
> to specify a binary (and include files and lib install destination)
> other than the default. Maybe it needs a separate option:
>
> --python-include=/usr/local/include/python-2.3
>
> I'm hoping some autoconf wiz will take this in hand -- auto* stuff
> scares me...
>
> I succeeded by fixing up setup.py:
> vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
> --- setup.py~ Tue Mar 19 08:21:14 2002
> +++ setup.py Wed May 14 15:10:30 2003
> @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
> optional_libs=[ 'libpqdll', 'wsock32', 'advapi32' ]
> data_files = [ 'libpq.dll' ]
> else:
> - include_dirs=['/usr/include/pgsql']
> - library_dirs=['usr/lib/pgsql']
> + include_dirs=['../../include','../libpq','/usr/include/pgsql']
> + library_dirs=['../libpq','/usr/lib/pgsql']
> optional_libs=['pq']
> data_files = []
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Isn't this the right thing to do? It should use the .. lib and include
> dirs if they exist, since these are sure to be correct, as opposed
> to hard coded /usr/lib/pgsql and /usr/include/pgsql which might
> not exist until an install has been done, and worse, might be from
> an older postgres version.
>
> It seems like the makefiles should just run
> $PYTHON setup.py build
> and
> $PYTHON setup.py install
>
> since setup.py has a much better chance of installing in the right
> directories, or am I missing something?
>
> --
> I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is
> not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific they seem. Ah,
> I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain!
> -- Sherlock Holmes in "The Dying Detective"
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
>
-- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610)
359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania19073
