[postgis-devel] Re: pgsql sources dependency relief ([tgl at sss.pgh.pa.us: Re: [HACKERS] FreeBSD broke with autoconf-based build])

[strk at refractions.net]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 03:00:03AM +0200, alex bodnaru wrote:
> hi,
> 
> we dropped the dependency on the entire postgresql source tree, and we
> should add step by step things that turn to be missing.
> 
> though i have no freebsd machine, i can't test it, but please try to
> copy the "elf" related stuff from the postgresql configure and
> configure.in to our respective files.

I did this already, and it worked fine.
I was just concerned about the need to use Makefile.global
as well as Makefile.shlib, as this is what Tom sais it's done
by pgxs

--strk;

> 
> alex
> 
> strk at refractions.net wrote:
> > Comments from Tom Lane about how wrong we're doing things.
> > Alex, do you see quick solutions ?
> > 
> > --strk;
> > 
> > ----- Forwarded message from Tom Lane <tgl at sss.pgh.pa.us> -----
> > 
> > Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:28:26 -0500
> > From: Tom Lane <tgl at sss.pgh.pa.us>
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] FreeBSD broke with autoconf-based build 
> > To: strk at refractions.net
> > Cc: pgsql-hackers at postgresql.org
> > 
> > strk at refractions.net writes:
> > 
> >>We'll have to add a check for ELF_SYSTEM in our own configure script.
> >>Wouldn't this be a problem for pgxs-compiled modules as well ?
> > 
> > 
> > No, because they import the PG installation's Makefile.global.  If you
> > are importing Makefile.shlib and not Makefile.global, you are doing
> > things seriously wrong.
> > 
> > 			regards, tom lane
> > 
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> > 
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