On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave Page <dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> What are you using it for that you need it to be present at install >>> time? > >> The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine >> these paths at install time using otool and rewrite them from the >> staging paths on the build machine to whatever directory the user >> chose to install to using install_name_tool(1). > >> The other option would be to rewrite the paths to be relative at build >> time I guess. > > Relative paths sound like the best solution to me, assuming they work. For info, the latest version of the installer (download from http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do) fixes this problem. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
