Re: pg_config broken in 7.1.1 on FreeBSD with Tcl + Java

I'm not sure that I understand the question. I just installed PostgreSQL
from the FreeBSD port and selected the Tcl, Java, and OpenSSL options. I'm
guessing that whatever generated pg_config saw the spaces in, for example,
"--with-includes=/usr/local/include /usr/local/include/tcl8.3
/usr/local/include/tk8.3" and added the single-quotes to protect them. Using
the same flavor of quotes at the outer level caused sh to terminate the
string early and attempt to interpret "/usr/local/include/tcl8.3" as a
command.

I presume that the configure arguments were:
--enable-locale --enable-syslog --with-CXX
--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/postgresql
'--with-includes=/usr/local/include /usr/local/include/tcl8.3
/usr/local/include/tk8.3'
--with-libraries=/usr/local/lib
--docdir=/usr/local/share/doc
--includedir=/usr/local/include/pgsql
--with-java --with-openssl --enable-multibyte --with-tcl
'--with-tclconfig=/usr/local/lib/tcl8.3 /usr/local/lib/tk8.3'
--with-tkconfig=/usr/local/lib/tk8.3
--prefix=/usr/local i386--freebsd4.3

The original quoted text got mangled by my mailer - there are many extra
newlines. Some of the above may get mangled, as well.

I think that this problem can be solved by using double quotes when
val_configure="....." is generated.

- Glenn

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Glenn Trewitt writes:
>
> > When I build PostgreSQL 7.1.1 from the port on FreeBSD 4.3, pg_config
> > gets built with a syntax error in the "val_configure=..." line. It
> > looks like multiple levels of single quotes, where different kinds of
> > quotes should have been used.
>
> What is the configure line that this installation uses?
>
> > val_configure='--enable-locale --enable-syslog --with-CXX
> > --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/p
> > ostgresql '--with-includes=/usr/local/include /usr/local/include/tcl8.3
> > /usr/local/incl
> > ude/tk8.3' --with-libraries=/usr/local/lib --docdir=/usr/local/share/doc
> > --includedir=/
> > usr/local/include/pgsql --with-java --with-openssl --enable-multibyte
> > --with-tcl '--wit
> > h-tclconfig=/usr/local/lib/tcl8.3 /usr/local/lib/tk8.3'
> > --with-tkconfig=/usr/local/lib/
> > tk8.3 --prefix=/usr/local i386--freebsd4.3'
>
> Where do these extra quotes come from?
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter