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Re: PL/php in pg_pltemplate


  • From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
  • To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
  • Cc: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: PL/php in pg_pltemplate
  • Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:41:41 -0300
  • Message-id: <20051126154141(dot)GB31300(at)surnet(dot)cl>

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake said:
> >
> >> The build order would be:
> >>
> >> 1. postgresql
> >> 2. php
> >> 3. plphp
> >>
> >> There is not circular build dependency there.
> >
> > Not only that, plphp does not require the building of php. It can link
> > directly to the .so file :)
> 
> This makes no sense. Where do you get the .so file and the headers you will
> undoubtedly also need?

Why, you use the distributor's package of course ;-)  The fact is you
don't need to _rebuild_ PHP.

> Also, having to put php in the middle of this sequence is ugly, to say the
> least.

Well, it's already that way, to build PHP's Postgres driver.  But this
is in no way related to PL/php.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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