Re: PostgreSQL 9.3 beta breaks some extensions "make install"

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 05/16/2013 10:39 AM, Cédric Villemain wrote:
> >Le jeudi 16 mai 2013 15:51:48, Tom Lane a écrit :
> >>Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> >>>On 05/16/2013 05:41 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> >>>>And VPATH building of extension is crucially important for me, as the
> >>>>easiest way I've found to build and package a given extension against
> >>>>all currently supported version of PostgreSQL.
> >>>Is there documented support for VPATH builds?
> >>The core code certainly builds okay in VPATH mode, and I would agree
> >>with Dimitri that pgxs builds should as well. But this is more of an
> >>autoconf+make feature than ours, so I'm not sure why you'd expect us
> >>to document it.
> >Extension does not support VPATH at 100% (well, pgxs.mk).
> >There is a minor hack for some REGRESS files but that's all.
>
> Right. My impression is that pgxs.mk actively works against vpath builds.

That's my experience, yes. It would be great to get it fixed.

Then there's the outright weird stuff using ancient makefiles ..
*grumble* pg_filedump *grumble*

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