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From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>
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Subject: Should contrib modules install .h files?
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So I have this immediate problem: a PGXS build of a module, specifically
an hstore transform for a non-core PL, is much harder than it should be
because it has no way to get at hstore.h since that file is never
installed anywhere.

Should that be changed?

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)