Re: OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)
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Msg-id 23839.1220989727@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)  ("Benjamin Reed" <rangerrick@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: OS X library path issues for libpq (ver 8.3)  ("Benjamin Reed" <rangerrick@gmail.com>)
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"Benjamin Reed" <rangerrick@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:46 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> I'll look at a solution for the installer - it'll probably have to be
>> the symlink unless anyone else has a better idea...

> Another option would be to create them as actual frameworks; instead
> of libpq you'd have /Library/Frameworks/pq.framework (and all the
> files/directories as required) and then people could compile with
> "-framework pq" and the OSX linker would do the write thing without
> having to dirty a system library path (/usr/lib) with symlinks.

Uh, it's not apparent to me why dropping stuff into /Library is any
better than dropping it into /usr/lib?

            regards, tom lane

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