Re: BUG #5447: VPATH install postgres.bki

On tis, 2010-05-04 at 22:46 +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On tis, 2010-05-04 at 10:49 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > > Graham wrote:
> > >> Build with VPATH works well upto installing
> > >> postgresql-9.0beta1/src/backend/catalog/postgres.bki
> > >> which is in the source tree not the object tree
> >
> > > Strange.  I always use VPATH builds and I've never seen this problem.  I
> > > only use CVS checkouts though.  Maybe something is broken in the
> > > tarball.  I'll have a look this afternoon is no one beats me to it.
> >
> > I don't think anyone has tried a VPATH build starting from a
> > distribution tarball.  The OP is correct that things are going to fall
> > over in that case.  My thought about fixing it was that postgres.bki
> > and related files ought to be forced to be built/used in $(srcdir),
> > but I didn't get further than that.  Peter, what do you think?
>
> We have a prebaked solution for this in the docs build.  The attached
> patch appears to fix it.

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