Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src Makefile.global.in makefiles/

OK, feel free to revert it.  It seems what Billie needs to do is a
reasonable thing, and I think you wanted to make it more generic rather
than port specific --- go ahead.

Billie, we will try to keep you on this as a CC so you can see how it
will be merged into the configure process.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> This patch needs to be reverted.  It causes the compilation environment
> seen by the makefiles to be different from what is dealt with in
> configure, which creates a recipe for desaster.  If additional "rpaths"
> are to be added to the linker flags, it needs to be done in configure
> before any tests that invoke the linker.
>
> As a side note, I would even question that the patch as it stands is
> generally useful: Consider the case that one has libraries in the
> non-standard directories that are now covered by the additional rpath
> flags.  How could configure even produce reliable results if it doesn't
> have access to those presumably relevant libraries?
>
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> >
> > OK, Peter, here is Billie's patch.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > >
> > > > OK, how do we proceed?
> > >
> > > To be honest, I haven't even seen the patch yet, only a description.  I
> > > can't find the actual patch in my local mailboxes or in the archives on
> > > the web.  The idea sounds right and it should be expanded to all
> > > platforms, but it needs to be considered carefully.  Rpaths are awfully
> > > messy.
> > >
> > > > If we back it out, how does Billy get this working for his system?
> > >
> > > The same way everybody else does.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net
> > >
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