Re: Relocatable installs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Relocatable installs
Date: 2004-05-18 20:08:44
Message-ID: 200405182208.44717.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We already have --disable-rpath. Seems we would just need something
> to use the *.a files.

I think it is perfectly sufficient to say that if you want a relocatable
install, don't use rpath. Static linking will lead to all other kinds
of madness.

Also, some platforms offer relative rpaths. (Maybe Solaris is the only
one.) We could make use of that.

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