Re: PostGIS vs. PGXS in 9.0beta3

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> The real problem has nothing to do with any of the analysis, as you say. 
> It is this: they have an override file for PGXS and it uses 
> $(mkinstalldirs) which we got rid of about a year ago. So apparently 
> they haven't been testing much against any of our alphas or betas or 
> they would have seen this long ago. The correct fix is to do the 
> following in the PostGIS source root:
> 
>    sed -i -e 's/mkinstalldirs/MKDIR_P/' postgis/Makefile.pgxs
> 
> cheers
> 
> andrew

Hmmm that's totally wrong - the override in Makefile.pgxs should only 
ever be loaded for PostgreSQL 8.3 and 8.4, and not PostgreSQL 9.0 since 
it already has the correct installation paths.

What I suspect is that you're actually getting bitten by this:

http://markmail.org/message/k7iolbazhrqhijfk#query:pg_config%20jun%202007+page:1+mid:rqk6ux2e7npqbrzf+state:results

Or, in other words, configure is picking up the wrong pg_config. Since 
the path fix in the thread was not backported to < 8.3, then the 
presence of an another pg_config for PostgreSQL < 8.3 in PATH will break 
things :(


ATB,

Mark.

-- 
Mark Cave-Ayland - Senior Technical Architect
PostgreSQL - PostGIS
Sirius Corporation plc - control through freedom
http://www.siriusit.co.uk
t: +44 870 608 0063

Sirius Labs: http://www.siriusit.co.uk/labs