[Pgpool-hackers] pgpool_adm for PostgreSQL 9.0

[Tatsuo Ishii]

>> I know using ldconfig will do the trick but this requires root
>> privilege, which is not always available for DB admin. Also some
>> people don't want to add /usr/local/lib to ld.so.conf for a security
>> reason.
>> 
>> So customizing Makefile is better, I think.
> 
> IMHO, this is the responsability of the application packager or the sys
> admin to put libraries in a place where they can be loaded by applications.
> 
> If people compile and install pgpool under /usr/local, and put the
> related libraries here they know what they are doing and should be able
> to either move the libraries or tweak their ld.so.conf.
> 
> Hard-coding this path in the Makefile is, as you said, horrible. But
> even trying to discover where the lib is to tweak the Makefile
> dynamically using ./configure is out of our scope.
> 
> The only thing we should do is to document that, and maybe explain how
> to run make giving a custom library path if the pgpool installation
> require it, ie:
> 
>   make SHLIB_LINK="-L/usr/local/lib -lpcp
> - -Wl,-rpath,'/usr/local/lib',--enable-new-dtags"

Yes, I don't want to hard code this into Makefile either.
Probanly putting it into Makefile as a comment is enough.
(Along with alternative way you described)
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Tatsuo Ishii
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