Re: add server include files to default installation?

Fabien COELHO wrote:
> 
> Dear hackers,
> 
> I wish to submit a small patch so that server includes and
> all necessary configuration files could be installed *by default*.
> 
> The current status is that server includes files are only installed
> if explicitly required (make install-all-headers).
> 
> The idea is that external extension modules (new types or whatever)
> could then *rely* on the fact that these files are available, which
> would make developping and installing these extensions quite easier.
> 
> As an illustration, the apache software installs by default all
> necessary includes and even a special tailored command (apxs) so as
> to help extension modules to be compiled, installed and even configured
> easilly.
> 
> Is there any opposition to this move? Silence will mean consent;-)

Agreed.  I would also like to see Makefile.global installed. 
pg_config.h has C-level configs, and Makefile.global has the
Makefile-level configs.

We have identified that we need to make configuration easier for 3rd
party apps.

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