Re: lib and share are installed differently, but why?

On 8/30/21 3:53 AM, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I've been building and using PostgreSQL from source for a few years
> now, thanks for the awesome work!
> 
> Since upgrading from 12.5 to 12.8, I've found a problem that I can
> not resolve myself. We build PostgreSQL twice, once to folder A, and
> once to folder B. This is because A is more easily deployable, while
> B holds all our development build targets. The only difference in
> the two builds is the change in `--prefix` for configure. Everything
> else is identical, and both builds start from a clean directory.

What are the complete config commands for each build?

Does clean directory refer to the build directory?

> 
> But I see a difference in the installations:
>   - The contents of `share` go to A/share/ vs B/share/postgresql/
>   - The contents of `lib` go to B/lib vs B/lib/postgresql/

Is that really B/lib or is it A/lib?

To me it looks like in the past a different configuration or install 
method was used and you now have a mixed install.

> 
> I've played with all sorts of --libdir, --datarootdir and the like,
> but the behaviour stays the same. I fail to understand why in the
> case of --prefix=B (the target where we host a lot of other stuff),
> the install will use subdirectory 'postgresql', whereas for the
> --prefix=A (which is an empty directory) the install will not use
> a subdirectory.
> 
> Whats more, when I try to run the server in A, initdb will complain
> that the file in A/share/postgresql/postgresql.bki is missing, which
> indeed is true (because the file is at A/share/postgresql.bki).
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> All the best,
> 
>      Mario Emmenlauer
> 
> 
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