"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
>> As I said previously, pg_config really belongs together with
>> the include files and the link libraries.
> But what about things like pg_config --bindir, pg_config --version,
> pg_config --sharedir etc - they are definitly usable even if you're not
> developing C language server extensions, aren't they?
Yes. pg_config started as strictly support for add-on makefiles but
it's evolved into something more than that. I'd vote for just dropping
it into the base package.
(Memo to self: should probably rearrange the Red Hat RPMs likewise.)
regards, tom lane