Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08672635DDC for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 21:13:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25669-04-2 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:13:05 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5D8635371 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 21:08:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o6608dDY013258; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 20:08:39 -0400 (EDT) To: Tim Landscheidt cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: "Localizing" paths? In-reply-to: References: <1278349811-sup-6775@alvh.no-ip.org> Comments: In-reply-to Tim Landscheidt message dated "Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:16:15 -0000" Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:08:39 -0400 Message-ID: <13257.1278374919@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201007/53 X-Sequence-Number: 5709 Tim Landscheidt writes: > 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 bigger "con" is that anyone reading the docs on-line would be given information that might be inappropriate for their platform. regards, tom lane