Re: Docu question

Michael Meskes wrote:
> In manage-ag.sgml our docs says:
>
> [...]
> risk. To allow it, you must compile <productname>PostgreSQL</> with
> the C preprocessor macro <literal>ALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS</>
> defined. One way to do this is to run the compilation step like
> this:
> <programlisting>
> gmake CPPFLAGS=-DALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS all
> </programlisting>
> [...]
>
> I wonder if there's a reason to suggest this gmake call. After all it
> makes gmake disregard the CPPFLAGS settings in the Makefile. This for
> instance breaks ecpg compilation on Linux as -D_GNU_SOURCE as defined in the
> Makefiles is needed for LONG_LONG_MIN.
>
> I think we should either change the docs or start using "override" in
> the Makefiles.

Agreed. This is a problem.

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