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
________________________________
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