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Re: Another swing at JSON

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Joseph Adams <joeyadams3.14159@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-03-30T15:26:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 

On 03/30/2011 09:42 AM, David Fetter wrote:
>>
>> In http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-07/msg00245.php
>> Tom writes:
>>
>>> The main reason contrib still has the alternate method is that PGXS
>>> doesn't really work until after you've installed the core build.
>> Maybe we could have a look and try to fix that problem.
> +1 :)
>
>


Maybe we could teach pg_config to report appropriate settings for 
uninstalled source via an environment setting. Without changing 
pg_config it looks like we have a chicken and egg problem.

(If my suggestion is right, this would probably be a good beginner TODO.)

cheers

andrew