[Gdal-dev] Default Settings when Compiling GDAL

[Frank Warmerdam]

Bill Thoen wrote:
> If I compile the GDAL package using just the defaults, is support for
> postgres one of the defaults or do I need to add the --with-pg option? How
> do I tell which options are set "on" by default?

Bill,

If you don't specify anything about postgres when configuring GDAL, it will
try to find pg_config in the path.  If it finds it, it will attempt to
configure in postgres/postgis support on the basis of it.

I wish I could say there is a way to know whether given configure options
behave this way (default to on, if some supporting item can be found) or
not, but in fact the behavior varies widely.  But you can watch the messages
during configuration and the final configure report to get an idea of which
options were activated.

Best regards,
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