Re: [PATCH] Remove useless USE_PGXS support in contrib

On 06/19/2013 03:52 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> We could do something like
>>
>> PG_CONFIG = fake_intree_pg_config
>> PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs)
>> include $(PGXS)
> There's something to that idea. Of course we would need to offer a
> comment about the PG_CONFIG game and propose something else for real
> world extensions (PG_CONFIG ?= pg_config).
>
>> where fake_intree_pg_config is a purpose-built shell script that points
>> to the right places inside the source tree.
> If that works, that gets my preference over removing PGXS support in
> contrib modules. Setting an example is important, in-tree build is not
> a useful example for anyone but contributors to core.
>

Not true - you're forgetting there is no pgxs for MSVC builds.

If we're going to enable building of contrib modules using pgxs but
without an install we will make targets for that, and buildfarm support.

cheers

andrew