[postgis-devel] autoconf paths

[alex bodnaru]

strk,

this paths problem is quite easily solvable: run pg_config --help for
the various options

alex

On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 16:53 +0200, strk at refractions.net wrote:
> I started working on pgsql source code requirement drop.
> One of the problems (apart from linking flags and other
> OS/Compiler/Arch-specific things) is installation paths.
> 
> Currently PostGIS gets installed under PGSQL installation
> tree. Should we instead create a postgis-specific install
> layout ? Something like:
> 
> 	PREFIX/doc <-- the postgis manual, README and similar
> 	PREFIX/man <-- loader/dumper manual pages
> 	PREFIX/bin <-- loader/dumper/utils
> 	PREFIX/share <-- sql scripts, regression tests
> 
> As often happen, if PREFIX is not specified might be worth to modify
> some paths to contain an explicit 'postgis' suffix, like in:
> 
> 	PREFIX/doc/postgis/
> 	PREFIX/share/postgis/
> 
> Note that this is a problem because pg_config won't tell us
> where is postgresql installed.
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
> --strk;
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