pg_config --configure ...

I usually just look at config.log, and copy and
paste...but I am guessing you are trying to automate
this. Looks like pg_config adds '' around each option
when specifying --configure (i.e. '--with-libraries'),
at least on my system (Linux, PG803). You can try to
get rid of the ''. This seems to work on my system:

./configure `pg_config --configure | tr "'" " "`

I'm not a shell guru by any means, so there might be a
better way...

--- "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> wrote:

How are ppl using this? I'm trying to use it to
re-configure, having
tried both tcsh and bash, and neither seem to
'work':

# ./configure `pg_config --configure`
configure: error: invalid variable name:
'--with-libraries

So, is there another way I can use the output from
pg_config to pass to
configure?

Thanks ...

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On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Brett Schwarz wrote:

I usually just look at config.log, and copy and
paste...but I am guessing you are trying to automate
this. Looks like pg_config adds '' around each option
when specifying --configure (i.e. '--with-libraries'),
at least on my system (Linux, PG803). You can try to
get rid of the ''. This seems to work on my system:

./configure `pg_config --configure | tr "'" " "`

I'm not a shell guru by any means, so there might be a
better way...

Thought of that too, still blows up:

pgsql74# ./configure `pg_config --configure | tr "'" " "`
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: error: unrecognized option: -rpath=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
Try `./configure --help' for more information.

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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 12:26:06AM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

pgsql74# ./configure `pg_config --configure | tr "'" " "`
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: error: unrecognized option: -rpath=/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
Try `./configure --help' for more information.

Have you tried eval or xargs?

eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
pg_config --configure | xargs ./configure

Both work for me in simple tests; I haven't given much thought to
what might make them fail, though....

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Marc G. Fournier wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Brett Schwarz wrote:

./configure `pg_config --configure | tr "'" " "`

Thought of that too, still blows up:

How about

./configure `pg_config --configure|sed s/\'//g`

Cheers

Mark

Marc G. Fournier wrote:

# ./configure `pg_config --configure`
configure: error: invalid variable name: '--with-libraries

The intended mode of usage is

eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`

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Sweet, that's it ... could you add an EXAMPLE section to the man page
showing this? Seems I'm not the only one that was a bit confused how to
use it, based on other 'try this' that ppl sent :)

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

Marc G. Fournier wrote:

# ./configure `pg_config --configure`
configure: error: invalid variable name: '--with-libraries

The intended mode of usage is

eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`

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Marc G. Fournier wrote:

Sweet, that's it ... could you add an EXAMPLE section to the man page
showing this? Seems I'm not the only one that was a bit confused how
to use it, based on other 'try this' that ppl sent :)

Done.

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