Re: BUG #1095: make can't find plperl

"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> I am trying to configure PostgreSQL 7.4.2 with Perl 5.8.3 or 5.9.0. I
> compiled both versions of Perl, with shared libraries and with no shared
> libraries. Then I 'configure'd postgres with '--with-perl' with no error.
> Every time I run 'make', though, I get an error that it does not find
> /pl/plperl. The problem is described by only one person I could find at url:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2003-09/msg00184.php.

I think this is likely to be the result if you download only the "base"
tarfile and then try to configure options that aren't in the base.

It might be a good idea to improve the configure script to complain if
the optional sources aren't present and you request building them.

regards, tom lane