Re: Relocatable installs

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Relocatable installs
Date: 2004-05-18 20:49:34
Message-ID: 40AA76DE.9040005@Yahoo.com
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> We already have --disable-rpath. Seems we would just need something
>> to use the *.a files.
>
> I think it is perfectly sufficient to say that if you want a relocatable
> install, don't use rpath. Static linking will lead to all other kinds
> of madness.

Boy, nobody was suggesting 100% static linking. What kind of madness are
you getting into if you link libpq.a into psql? There is something
between all or nothing, isn't there?

Jan

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