Re: Clean up find_typedefs and add support for Mac

From: "Tristan Partin" <tristan(at)neon(dot)tech>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Clean up find_typedefs and add support for Mac
Date: 2023-12-15 16:10:14
Message-ID: CXP1EAO35QI5.1TMTF1CWAXKUK@neon.tech
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On Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 10:06 AM CST, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> > Here's more or less what I had in mind.
>
> Do we really need the dependency on an install tree?
> Can't we just find the executables (or .o files for Darwin)
> in the build tree? Seems like that would simplify usage,
> and reduce the possibility for version-skew errors.

Seems like you would be forcing an extension author to keep a Postgres
source tree around if you went this route. Perhaps supporting either the
build tree or an install tree would get you the best of both worlds.

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Tristan Partin
Neon (https://neon.tech)

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