Hi John On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 08:35:58PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/06/11 8:30 PM, raghu ram wrote: > > > > I'm in the course of creating PostgreSQL packages for Solaris. One > > of the > > requirement is to install different PostgreSQL versions in > > parallel, the other > > is to have all the libraries stuffed in one place. > > > > Now, if I install, let's say, pgsql 8.3 and 8.4 in parallel and > > all libraries > > go to /opt/csw/lib, I end up with: > > > > $ ls -l /opt/csw/lib/libpq* > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root libpq.so -> libpq.so.5.2 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root libpq.so.5 -> libpq.so.5.2 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin libpq.so.5.1 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin libpq.so.5.2 > > > > Which in turn leads to 8.3 binaries loading libpq.so.5.2, > > effectively mixing > > 8.3 binaries with 8.4 libraries. > > > > Finally, the question: How bad is it having a pgsql binary version > > X.Y using a > > library X.Z? > > > > > >To overcome this issues,use "--prefix=PREFIX " option while > >running "configure",so that PostgreSQL 8.3 version related > >directories [i.e bin,include,lib,share] will store in preferred > >PREFIX location. > > > >Ex: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql83 > > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql84 > > > >Once completion of PostgreSQL installation,you will see > >"bin,include,lib,share" directories are created under the > >/usr/local/pgsql83 location. > > > > its apparent to me from the /opt/csw prefix he mentions that he's > building PostgreSQL for the Blastwave/OpenCSW Solaris software > repositories, and HAS to put the libs in /opt/csw/lib due to project > policies. > Exactly. Thanks for clarification on this. --Rafael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
