Re: New Contrib Build?

Tom Lane wrote:

>Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
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>>Josh Berkus wrote:
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>>>What if we could build contrib modules through a build-time switch for 
>>>PostgreSQL?   Like,
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>>I honestly don't see that it buys a lot. (and the technical obstacle is 
>>that there's a maintenance cost, if nothing else).
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>I'm with Andrew on this: what's the point?  We don't currently have
>any contrib modules that are noticeably harder to build than any others,
>and I don't see any coming over the horizon.
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I'd buy it more with Jim Nasby's suggested --with-contrib option. Or 
let's say --with-modules.

One nice side effect would be that this info would get into pg_config's 
configure settings. That would also help to make the whole build more 
replayable.

To be of any use I guess this should ensure that the specified modules 
are built, installed and tested from the main makefile.

cheers

andrew