Thread: BUG #5332: Installation weirdness
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5332 Logged by: Sivaguru Sankaridurg Email address: uc_regents@yahoo.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.1 Operating system: FreeBSD 6.3 Description: Installation weirdness Details: I am seeing some install script weirdness when installing postgres (build and install from sources) on a FreeBSD 6.3 machine. Pls. see install output between "Try#1" and "Try#2" below. In Try#1, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/pgsql", and subsequently do a "gmake install", the install script creates the "internal", "server" and "informix" directories right under "include". However, in Try#2, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/psql" (NOT pgsql, but psql...or anything else) and subsequently do a "gmake install", the install script creates the "internal", "server" and "informix" directories under "include/postgres". The bug is that the "postgres" directory was NOT created under "include" in Try#1, however the behavior was different in Try#2. ---------------- Try #1 --------------------- # ./configure --prefix=/tmp/pgsql --with-openssl --with-libxml --enable-thread-safety # gmake install # find /tmp/pgsql/include/ -type d -maxdepth 1 /tmp/pgsql/include/ /tmp/pgsql/include/libpq /tmp/pgsql/include/internal /tmp/pgsql/include/server /tmp/pgsql/include/informix ------------------------ Try #2 -------------- # ./configure --prefix=/tmp/psql --with-openssl --with-libxml --enable-thread-safety # gmake install # find /tmp/psql/include/ -type d -maxdepth 1 /tmp/psql/include/ /tmp/psql/include/libpq /tmp/psql/include/postgresql # # find /tmp/psql/include/ -type d -maxdepth 2 /tmp/psql/include/ /tmp/psql/include/libpq /tmp/psql/include/postgresql /tmp/psql/include/postgresql/internal /tmp/psql/include/postgresql/server /tmp/psql/include/postgresql/informix -----------------------------------------------
"Sivaguru Sankaridurg" <uc_regents@yahoo.com> writes:
> In Try#1, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/pgsql", and subsequently
> do a "gmake install", the install script creates the "internal", "server"
> and "informix" directories right under "include".
> However, in Try#2, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/psql" (NOT pgsql,
> but psql...or anything else) and subsequently do a "gmake install", the
> install script creates the "internal", "server" and "informix" directories
> under "include/postgres".
This is expected. As per the comment in src/Makefile.global:
# Installation directories
#
# These are set by the equivalent --xxxdir configure options. We
# append "postgresql" to some of them, if the string does not already
# contain "pgsql" or "postgres", in order to avoid directory clutter.
regards, tom lane
Hi Tom,
Ah! I see.
Thank you for your quick response.
Best Regards
Siva
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Sivaguru Sankaridurg <uc_regents@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 9:12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5332: Installation weirdness
"Sivaguru Sankaridurg" <uc_regents@yahoo.com> writes:
> In Try#1, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/pgsql", and subsequently
> do a "gmake install", the install script creates the "internal", "server"
> and "informix" directories right under "include".
> However, in Try#2, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/psql" (NOT pgsql,
> but psql...or anything else) and subsequently do a "gmake install", the
> install script creates the "internal", "server" and "informix" directories
> under "include/postgres".
This is expected. As per the comment in src/Makefile.global:
# Installation directories
#
# These are set by the equivalent --xxxdir configure options. We
# append "postgresql" to some of them, if the string does not already
# contain "pgsql" or "postgres", in order to avoid directory clutter.
regards, tom lane