Re: BUG #5332: Installation weirdness

Hi Tom,

Ah! I see.
Thank you for your quick response.

Best Regards
Siva

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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
Sent: Wed, February 17, 2010 9:12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5332: Installation weirdness

"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