Re: pgxs: build infrastructure for extensions v4

Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> > One question did arise, however. In order to use pgxs I needed to do:
> > make install-all-headers
> > instead of:
> > make install
>
> > I seem to recall some discussion about this, but at the time didn't
> > realize the impact. IMHO pgxs support (including all needed headers)
> > should be installed by default, else we won't be able to count on it
> > being there when needed. Any chance we can revisit this?
>
> AFAICS the packagers (RPM etc) will continue to think that these files
> belong in a postgresql-devel RPM, and will not include them in a base
> package. I'm not sure of the point of trying to force installation in
> a build from source given that much of the world isn't going to be using
> a source package anyway.
>
> However, we could certainly talk about altering the default behavior
> (eg, install becomes install-no-headers and install-all-headers becomes
> part of the default install target).

Agreed. Added to open items list.

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