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1. Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL supported platform report and a

   Billy G. Allie <bill.allie@mug.org> — 2002-11-08T02:37:05Z

   Peter Eisentraut wrote:
   > Bruce Momjian writes:
   > 
   > > I am fine with this because it only touches unixware-specific stuff,
   > 
   > This is an entirely new feature, so it's inappropriate to do now.  And if
   > we do it, we should do it for all platforms.
   
   I disagree that it's a new feature.  The code to add the -rpath (-R) option 
   was already there.  My patch made it more useful in that the additional search 
   libraries are now placed in the -rpath (-R) option.  As to doing it on all 
   platforms, that would be a decision for the maintainers of that platforms port.
   It may not be necessary for it to occur on a particular platform.  The patch 
   to Makefile.global.in provides the means by which the individual ports can add 
   the additional search paths.  It's up to the port maintainers to decide if 
   it's needed for their port, IMHO.
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2. Re: [PORTS] PostgreSQL supported platform report and a

   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2002-11-09T16:29:28Z

   Billy G. Allie writes:
   
   > I disagree that it's a new feature.  The code to add the -rpath (-R) option
   > was already there.  My patch made it more useful in that the additional search
   > libraries are now placed in the -rpath (-R) option.
   
   Yeah, you're doing additional things, so it's a new feature.  The fact
   that you were able to reuse existing code is commendable but does not
   create an exception.
   
   > As to doing it on all platforms, that would be a decision for the
   > maintainers of that platforms port.
   
   The "rpath" feature behaves consistently across platforms and PostgreSQL
   makes consistent use of it, so it does not qualify as a porting issue.
   The last thing I'd want to see is that every platform looks for the
   libraries in different ways.
   
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