Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> A 9.0b3 tester reported this issue with our single most popular
> PostgreSQL extension, PostGIS:
> ==================
> Postgis makes use of 'PGXS' in postgresql > 8.2. Within postgresql-9,
> datadir and many other variables are defined as multiple values with an
> append operator, like this:
> $ grep -i datadir /usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/pgxs/src/Makefile.global
> [snip]
> datadir := /usr/pgsql-9.0/share
This analysis is nonsense on its face --- := is not an append operator
and we do not have any multiple values for datadir.
The referenced postgis-users thread seems to indicate that the postgis
guys found and fixed a problem in their own makefiles. If not, we need
a clearer description of what they think the problem is.
regards, tom lane