Re: Relocatable installs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Relocatable installs
Date: 2004-05-18 21:39:25
Message-ID: 200405182339.25948.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > 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.
>
> OK, I added some more documentation about how to make relocatable
> installs.

The shared library path issues are explained in detail later. You
should refer there rather than listing only a few ideas that may or may
not work. We can't assume that people will have an enlightenment at
the mere appearance of the word LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

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