Re: [GENERAL] mac install question

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> writes:
>>> What are you using it for that you need it to be present at install
>>> time?
>
>> The linker hardcodes library paths into exes and libs. We examine
>> these paths at install time using otool and rewrite them from the
>> staging paths on the build machine to whatever directory the user
>> chose to install to using install_name_tool(1).
>
>> The other option would be to rewrite the paths to be relative at build
>> time I guess.
>
> Relative paths sound like the best solution to me, assuming they work.

For info, the latest version of the installer (download from
http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do) fixes this
problem.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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