Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3CC06332AE for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:36:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41355-02 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 15:36:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA17463327D for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:36:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Jul 2010 15:36:11 -0000 Received: from a88-115-218-165.elisa-laajakaista.fi (EHLO [10.0.0.101]) [88.115.218.165] by mail.gmx.net (mp069) with SMTP; 06 Jul 2010 17:36:11 +0200 X-Authenticated: #495269 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19jvQRzhnhjgbJ+nK8fgi/zJfDSzhp8ddP0glbr+m MP7cZ4DCljVKry Subject: Re: "Localizing" paths? From: Peter Eisentraut To: Tim Landscheidt Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: References: <1278349811-sup-6775@alvh.no-ip.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:36:10 +0300 Message-ID: <1278430570.24375.0.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.1.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.79 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.8, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201007/60 X-Sequence-Number: 5716 On mån, 2010-07-05 at 20:16 +0000, Tim Landscheidt wrote: > Would it be feasible and desirable to "localize" the paths > in the configure stage? Pro: Fewer guesses by new users. > Con: Adds another level of complexity to the build system. The documentation is shipped pre-built in the source tarball. So other than with a sed, we can't really change it to match local situations.