Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions

David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
Date: 2025-05-02T16:48:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On May 1, 2025, at 16:24, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:

> I see.  I have committed it now describing the current state.

Quick follow-up to tweak a couple of commas.

--- a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
@@ -1813,8 +1813,8 @@ include $(PGXS)
 
    <para>
     You can select a separate directory prefix in which to install your
-    extension's files, by setting the <command>make</command> variable
-    <varname>prefix</varname> when executing <literal>make install</literal>
+    extension's files by setting the <command>make</command> variable
+    <varname>prefix</varname> when executing <literal>make install</literal>,
     like so:
 <programlisting>
 make install prefix=/usr/local/postgresql

Best,

David

Commits

  1. doc: Flesh out extension docs for the "prefix" make variable

  2. Fix extension control path tests

  3. extension_control_path