Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele.bartolini@enterprisedb.com>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@enterprisedb.com>, "David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-03-19T14:58:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Re: Peter Eisentraut
> Committed that, thanks.

Awesome, thanks!

It works perfectly for the Debian "test extension packages at build
time" use case, replacing our old extension_destdir patch.

PKGARGS="--pgoption extension_control_path=$PWD/debian/$PACKAGE/usr/share/postgresql/$v/extension:\$system --pgoption dynamic_library_path=$PWD/debian/$PACKAGE/usr/lib/postgresql/$v/lib:/usr/lib/postgresql/$v/lib"

https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common/-/commit/3792eea42e4dcef39b5c8d99f63deb8091ef9c46

Christoph



Commits

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

  2. Fix extension control path tests

  3. extension_control_path