Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:43:48 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: postgresql, ldconfig, and non root directories Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008240942140.801-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20000824002157.A38108@mammalia.org>
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Based on reading the following URL: http://www.visi.com/~barr/ldpath.html I got into the habit months ago of setting LDFLAGS to -R/usr/local/pgsql/lib before compiling PostgreSQL, so that I don't have to worry about ldconfig and whatnot ... same for any code that requires those libraries ... On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote: > The postgresql port installs all everything under /usr/local/pgsql and this > directory is of owner and group pgsql. When the port is in the final stages > of installation, it does ldconfig /usr/local/pgsql/lib, but it cannot because > the directory is not owned by root. > I assume it's for security reasons that the port does not get installed in > the usual places (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc). So how does one get > around this ldconfig problem? Has no one encountered it before? > > Joseph > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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