Re: BUG #5332: Installation weirdness

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Sivaguru Sankaridurg" <uc_regents(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5332: Installation weirdness
Date: 2010-02-17 15:42:36
Message-ID: 25942.1266421356@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Sivaguru Sankaridurg" <uc_regents(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> In Try#1, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/pgsql", and subsequently
> do a "gmake install", the install script creates the "internal", "server"
> and "informix" directories right under "include".

> However, in Try#2, when I configure the prefix to be "/tmp/psql" (NOT pgsql,
> but psql...or anything else) and subsequently do a "gmake install", the
> install script creates the "internal", "server" and "informix" directories
> under "include/postgres".

This is expected. As per the comment in src/Makefile.global:

# Installation directories
#
# These are set by the equivalent --xxxdir configure options. We
# append "postgresql" to some of them, if the string does not already
# contain "pgsql" or "postgres", in order to avoid directory clutter.

regards, tom lane

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