On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 12:29:36AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I am thinking they could untar into a directory under pgsgl/ or have a > way to point to a 'configure'-run source tree and pull values from > there. > > If you include pg_config.h, or use Makefile.global, you have almost > everything you need to compile your own, including flags, configure > checks, and the location of the installation directory.
That would work only if they compiled the source themselves, as opposed to using a binary package (which is very common). I'm not sure if installing the postgresql-dev or postgresql-devel package would be enough. If not, maybe pg_config could provide all the necessary info ... -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) Hi! I'm a .signature virus! cp me into your .signature file to help me spread! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
