Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:26:55 +0300
From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Cannot turn track_counts on
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Adrian Klaver:

> Found it. It is coming from the Debian postgresql-common
> packaging.
>
> /usr/bin/pg_config  is  wrapper that contains:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # If postgresql-server-dev-* is installed, call pg_config from the latest
> # available one. Otherwise fall back to libpq-dev's version.

Ah, that makes sense.  The error message, however, is
misleading:

  You need to install postgresql-server-dev-NN
  for building a server-side extension
  or libpq-dev
  for building a client-side application.

because the user calling `pg_config' may not be intent upon
buidling either kind of application.  Stating that pg_config
requires one of these pachages would be more understandable.
Thank you very much.

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