Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-08-13 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> What are you using it for that you need it to be present at install >>> time? > >> The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine >> these paths at install time using

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-24 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Shane Ambler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shane Ambler wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Is the otool program on your system anywhere? Afaik, it should be on >>> any Mac, but maybe it's part of xcode (i hope not- can anyone >>> confirm?) >> >> I have a fe

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-24 Thread Dave Page
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:55 PM, John DeSoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:51 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Relative paths sound like the best solution to me, assuming they work. > > Relative paths work fine. I use this all the time for distributing psql. It > looks something like

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-24 Thread Shane Ambler
Shane Ambler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the otool program on your system anywhere? Afaik, it should be on any Mac, but maybe it's part of xcode (i hope not- can anyone confirm?) I have a few installs here. now that I think about it - it may be a dev tools only thing. otool is incl

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-24 Thread John DeSoi
On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:51 AM, Tom Lane wrote: Relative paths sound like the best solution to me, assuming they work. Relative paths work fine. I use this all the time for distributing psql. It looks something like this: install_name_tool -change /path/to/postgresql/lib/libpq.dylib @execu

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Tom Lane
Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What are you using it for that you need it to be present at install >> time? > The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine > these paths at install time using otool and rewrite them from the > staging paths on the build machine to

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Shane Ambler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is the otool program on your system anywhere? Afaik, it should be on any Mac, but maybe it's part of xcode (i hope not- can anyone confirm?) I have a few installs here. otool is included inside /Developer/usr/bin my working 10.4 that the dev tools is installed on also

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
Dave Page wrote: The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine these paths at install time using otool and rewrite them from the staging paths on the build machine to whatever directory the user chose to install to using install_name_tool(1). Yep, the mac linker seems to

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Dave Page
On 23 Jul 2008, at 21:47, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for the log. It shows that the otool utility couldn't be found (which should be a fatal error but that's another issue. Is the otool program on your system anywhere? Afaik, it should be on any Mac

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Thanks for the log. It shows that the otool utility couldn't be found > (which should be a fatal error but that's another issue. > Is the otool program on your system anywhere? Afaik, it should be on > any Mac, but maybe it's part of xcode (i hope not- can anyone > conf

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread dpage
ATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/8.3/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH > > > > and running the command again. > > > > -- > > Scott Mead > > Sr. Systems Engineer > > EnterpriseDB > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:50:13 +0100 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> T

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread dpage
it's a command line utility. On 7/23/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Frankly i have no idea what otool is? > >> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:23 +0100 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [GENERA

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread dpage
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:01:07 +0100 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] mac install question >> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-general@postgresql.org >> >> He does, though he's currently on vacation, bei

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread A.M.
On Jul 23, 2008, at 2:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:45 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] mac install question > CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:58 PM, [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread dpage
He does, though he's currently on vacation, being forced to top-post in the gmail mobile interface :-p Can the OP send me (privately) the bitrock_installer log from /tmp please? Thanks, Dave On 7/23/08, Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Douglas McNaught
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I got it from a link on postgresql.org. Of course it does say that it > is a beta installer. > http://www.postgresql.org/download/macosx Well, hopefully the maintainer reads this mailing list then. :) -Doug -

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:45 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] mac install question > CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &

Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

2008-07-23 Thread Douglas McNaught
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please excuse my lack of mac knowledge. I installed postgresql 8.3 using the > mac os x 1 click installer onto my brand new powerbook. The install appeared > to go very smooth. If I go to Postgresql under Applica