and here is the forgotten patch
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> 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?)
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> cheers
>
> andrew