Re: pg_config problems on PG9.3/Centos?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>, PG-General Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_config problems on PG9.3/Centos?
Date: 2014-01-22 02:53:33
Message-ID: 25248.1390359213@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Devrim GNDZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> wrote:
>> Please don't do it. PGDG RPMs are designed for parallel installation
>> (like 9.2 and 9.3 on the same machine), and then the pg_config in
>> regular $PATH might be tricky.

> It didn't seem like a great idea to me either, but what's the better
> alternative? Without the symlink I get lots of errors:

You should arrange for the appropriate pg_config to be in your PATH
when you're using pgxs. Copying (or symlinking) pg_config into /usr/bin
is a pretty horrible substitute for a temporary PATH change.

regards, tom lane

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