Re: Making changes to PostgreSQL's configure logic so as to have contrib modules installed in a specific directory and make them use PGXS?

Probably your best best is to install normally, then move the contribs to a
directory of your choice
and make a symbolic link from the old directory. That way it should work
with both PostgreSQL
and PGXS.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 01/31/2017 03:04 PM, postgres user wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to configure my PostgreSQL installation in such a manner such
>> that the contrib modules of the PostgreSQL distribution are stored in a
>> specific directory and they should use the PGXS extensions management
>> system supported by Postgres, as they are currently packaged along with
>> Postgres and follow a specific directory structure they are installed
>> along with Postgres but I don't want that. I want all those contrib
>> module extensions to use a separate pg_config and hence want their
>> makefiles to use PGXS. How do I go about doing that.
>>
>
> Not sure, though some more information would help:
>
> 1) Am I right in assuming you are building everything from source?
>
> 2) If not what is your install procedure?
>
> 3) When you say all the contrib modules do really mean all or all in some
> list?
>
> 4) Where is the directory you want them to be installed in located?
>
> 5) What OS are you using?
>
> 6) Have you looked at an OS packaging systems to do this?
>
>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>
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