Re: PL/php in pg_pltemplate

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake said:
> >
> >> The build order would be:
> >>
> >> 1. postgresql
> >> 2. php
> >> 3. plphp
> >>
> >> There is not circular build dependency there.
> >
> > Not only that, plphp does not require the building of php. It can link
> > directly to the .so file :)
> 
> This makes no sense. Where do you get the .so file and the headers you will
> undoubtedly also need?

Why, you use the distributor's package of course ;-)  The fact is you
don't need to _rebuild_ PHP.

> Also, having to put php in the middle of this sequence is ugly, to say the
> least.

Well, it's already that way, to build PHP's Postgres driver.  But this
is in no way related to PL/php.

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