Thread: Can't find compile-time options
Folks, I'm trying to do a custom compile of Postgresql and I can't find the compile-time options file. It's named something obscure and the name of the file isn't in the online documentation anywhere. Can we please, please, please add this to the online docs? -Josh Berkus ______AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS___________________________ Josh Berkus Complete informationtechnology josh@agliodbs.com and data management solutions (415) 565-7293 for law firms, small businesses fax 621-2533 and non-profit organizations. San Francisco
Josh Berkus writes: > I'm trying to do a custom compile of Postgresql and I can't find the > compile-time options file. It's named something obscure and the name of > the file isn't in the online documentation anywhere. Perhaps you mean src/include/pg_config.h? > Can we please, please, please add this to the online docs? I'd rather get rid of the file than announce it to the world... -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> I'm trying to do a custom compile of Postgresql and I can't find the
> compile-time options file. It's named something obscure and the name of
> the file isn't in the online documentation anywhere.
> Can we please, please, please add this to the online docs?
I think that Peter probably deliberately removed all reference to it
from the docs ;-). In src/Makefile.global.in I find:
# This includes your local customizations if Makefile.custom exists
# in the source directory. This file doesn't exist in the original
# distribution so that it doesn't get overwritten when you upgrade.
#
# NOTE: Makefile.custom is from the pre-Autoconf days of PostgreSQL.
# You are liable to shoot yourself in the foot if you use it without
# knowing exactly what you're doing. The preferred (and more
# reliable) method is to communicate what you want to do to the
# configure script, and leave the makefiles alone.
-include $(top_srcdir)/src/Makefile.custom
regards, tom lane
Peter, > Perhaps you mean src/include/pg_config.h? > Yes, thanks. Bruce e-mailed me privately, too. > > Can we please, please, please add this to the online docs? > > I'd rather get rid of the file than announce it to the world... Then how am I going to compile Postgres to support 64 function parameters? --with--maxargs is NOT a ./configure option. -Josh ______AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS___________________________ Josh Berkus Complete informationtechnology josh@agliodbs.com and data management solutions (415) 565-7293 for law firms, small businesses fax 621-2533 and non-profit organizations. San Francisco