Re: python / 7.4 / FC5 / x86_64

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>
>>> Ideally, we would get Python to tell us the right location, because "use lib64
>>> if it exists" isn't the right solution.
>>>
>>> Is this fixed somewhere post 7.4?
>>>
>
>
>> Yes, but it was never backported. See:
>> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/config/python.m4
>>
>
> My recollection is that there are a number of interrelated changes going
> on there, and that a backport would have to touch a lot more than just
> the python stuff. So I'd recommend that it's not worth the trouble/risk.
> But if you want to have a go at extracting a small patch from the CVS
> history, have at it.
>
>
>

Patch attached - seems to work on my FC5/x86_64 box. Also contains the
OSX fix backported. Not sure that it qualifies as small though :-)

Unless there's an objection I will apply this soon (when were we
thinking of putting out the new point releases?)

cheers

andrew