Re: extension installation faillure using VPATH and MODULEDIR

Le samedi 1 décembre 2012 18:44:12, Tom Lane a écrit :
> =?iso-8859-1?q?C=E9dric_Villemain?= <cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > the attached patch fix the extension installation using a VPATH when a
> > MODULEDIR is defined in the extension Makefile.
> >
> > The current issue is that the sharedir/extension directory is not created
> > if MODULEDIR != 'extension' i.e. MODULEDIR is defined in the Makefile.
> > Thus 'make install' fail to copy the control file in an nonexistent
> > directory.
>
> [ scratches head ... ] What's this have to do with VPATH?
>
> I see the point that if EXTENSION is set, and a nondefault MODULEDIR is
> selected, the "install" target puts the control file into the extension
> subdirectory which hasn't been made by installdirs. But that seems not
> connected to VPATH builds.

I just hit the bug and though it was relative to VPATH because it was the main
difference in my build. Obviously in my others scenariii the extension/
directory was pre-existent and I didn't notice the problem.

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