Re: PostgreSQL 9.3 beta breaks some extensions "make install"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 9.3 beta breaks some extensions "make install"
Date: 2013-05-14 02:00:40
Message-ID: 17540.1368496840@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> writes:
> While testing out PostgreSQL 9.3beta1, I stumbled upon a problem
> installing some extensions (pgTAP and semver among others):
> ...
> I traced the problem down to commit
> 9db7ccae2000524b72a4052352cbb5407fb53b02 "Use system install program
> when available and usable". It turns out that 'install' from coreutils
> 8.21 complains when it's told to install the same source file twice.

TBH, I thought that was a dangerous idea from the get-go. My vote for
fixing this would be to revert that change, not try to hack all the
makefiles to work around it.

regards, tom lane

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