Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL supported platform report and a

Billy G. Allie writes:

> I disagree that it's a new feature. The code to add the -rpath (-R) option
> was already there. My patch made it more useful in that the additional search
> libraries are now placed in the -rpath (-R) option.

Yeah, you're doing additional things, so it's a new feature. The fact
that you were able to reuse existing code is commendable but does not
create an exception.

> As to doing it on all platforms, that would be a decision for the
> maintainers of that platforms port.

The "rpath" feature behaves consistently across platforms and PostgreSQL
makes consistent use of it, so it does not qualify as a porting issue.
The last thing I'd want to see is that every platform looks for the
libraries in different ways.

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