Re: pgsql/src/interfaces/perl5 (GNUmakefile) - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pgsql/src/interfaces/perl5 (GNUmakefile)
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0011162249260.783-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: pgsql/src/interfaces/perl5 (GNUmakefile)  (Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
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Alfred Perlstein writes:

> > Clean files after installing, since those files will most likely be root
> > owned, which can be annoying.
>
> I've been bit by this, why are these files not built as part of the
> build taget?

They are, but they need to be rebuilt when they're installed because
otherwise the shared object will contain a run-time reference to libpq in
the source tree.  It's really MakeMaker stupidity; this is the best we can
do for now.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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