Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We already have --disable-rpath. Seems we would just need something
> > to use the *.a files.
>
> I think it is perfectly sufficient to say that if you want a relocatable
> install, don't use rpath. Static linking will lead to all other kinds
> of madness.
OK, I added some more documentation about how to make relocatable
installs.
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installation. (The <literal>man</> and <literal>doc</>
locations are not affected by this.)
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ For relocatable installs, you might want to use
+ <filename>configure</filename>'s <literal>--disable-rpath</>
+ option. Also, you will need to tell the operating system how
+ to find the shared libraries used by applications like
+ <application>psql</> either using a system-wide shared
+ library configuration file like <filename>ld.so.conf</>,
+ or an environment variable like <literal>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</>.
+ </para>
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